[The Authoritative Life of General William Booth by George Scott Railton]@TWC D-Link bookThe Authoritative Life of General William Booth CHAPTER XXI 5/19
I am paying the price to-day in weariness extreme.
There is hardly a bone in my body that does not ache, or a nerve that does not seem overstrung. "But I shall rally and be myself again; indeed, I must, for things of vast importance have to be attended to before the day is out. Our exchequer is empty, and I have to prepare for my autumn Campaign in Holland, Germany, Italy, etc." "A mile or two after Penzance, the chauffeur turned to General Booth, and 'Now she's waking up!' he said, with a satisfied sigh, as the great car began to hurry through the open lanes. "The General nodded his head meditatively.
'Yes,' he said, in his beard, 'people have to wake up before they begin to move.
England wants waking up; I'm trying to wake her up myself, just a little, and then we shall move.' "I asked him what he made of our national apathy. "He shook his head.
'I don't know how it is," he said, 'but people are somehow afraid to examine themselves, afraid to see facts as facts.
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