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(Untitled), 10 Sep 1892

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/7/10

Scope and Contents

Letter from Rev. James Welldon, Headmaster, Harrow School, to WSC, on his failure in the Sandhurst entrance examination. Urging him to work "not by fits and starts but with regular persistent industry". Commenting that the grammatical foundation of his language was so uncertain that he lost marks which other boys gained "You therefore have ground to make up as well as new ground to cover".

Dates

  • Creation: 10 Sep 1892

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Not known

Language of Materials

English

Bibliography

Published: Winston S Churchill Vol.1, p.181 and Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume I, Part 1, p.377

Repository Details

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