Winston Churchill

At the time when pluralism was assuming form, the American spirit was on the look out for a new faith . . .  The pluralism of James ... forms a response to these American aspirations. In the mind of James, we find both the need of a world wherein action is possible and the idea of those loftier realities . . .  One of his admirers tells us that he is a friend, a help and comfort to all those ... who seek gropingly . . .  But it is not to these only that he appeals ; it is also to the man of action, to him who would create a vision of the world in harmony with democratic ideas.
    On these points the novels of Winston Churchill afford interesting testimony. "Philosophy is no longer against religion, it is for it," says one of his characters, "and if you were to ask me to name the greatest masters of present-day religious thought I should mention William James and Royce. . . . Our principal philosophers are in harmony with the quickening social spirit of our times, and this spirit is a religious, a Christian spirit."
    He dwells on this love of action and adventure with which philosophers are able to inspire us. "Life itself is an adventure ; there is no such thing as absolute safety." Was not this also the meaning of Roosevelt's article : The Great Adventure, written in January 1919 ? "Life and death are both part of the same Great Adventure."⁹

    ⁹ Compare Winston Churchill, The Inside of the Cup : "Religion, he began to perceive, was an undertaking." He speaks of the "sense of adventure, the palpitating fear and daring." Winston Churchill : A Far Country, p. 449 : "Democracy is an adventure, the great adventure of mankind. No adventure is safe, life itself is an adventure and neither is that safe. It's a hazard, as you and I have found out. The moment we tr to make life safe we lose all there is in it worth while. We have to leave what seem the safe things ; we have to wander and suffer in order to realise that the only true safety lies in development. We have to risk our lives and our souls." It would be interesting to compare such passages with the formula : The world safe for democracy.

(Jean Wahl, The Pluralist Philosophies of England & America, London : The Open Court Co., 1925, pp. 101-2). Comment   'The world safe for democracy' looks rank nonsense to me (for one) ; what exactly is that the world is purported to be safe for by any such formula ? It seems that the subject-matter of any such reasoning becomes more and more elusive as one goes.

One could postulate world safe enough for one not to expect some new war somewhere spun by some newspapermen or the like ; but that has nothing to do with 'democracy'.

 

 

Selected bibliographic

    * Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965. Title(s) Inside of the cup / Illustrated by H. Giles. Publisher New York : Macmillan, 1914. Paging 513 p. Summary The story of an orthodox minister who sees the inadequacy of his church. Subject Headings Clergy. Other Entries Giles, Howard, 1946- Format qEnglish
[LAPL : the American reader (and any scholar) who is not blind (are there any such) might observe that the book which had been published in 1914 has been said ("other entries") to have been illustrated by somebody born, as given, in 1946.

Can any Americian Reader (or scholar) understand that that is impossible ?

Can any American reader (or scholar) notice how numerous such "mistakes" are in the American library records etc ?

Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947. Title The inside of the cup, Publisher New York, The Macmillan company, 1927. Description v p., 1 l., 501 p. 18 cm. [UC]

The novels of Winston Churchill. Edition [New uniform ed. Imprint New York, The Macmillan Company, 1927] Location Call Number Status Humanities- General Research- Rm315 NBG (Churchill, W. [Novels-of Winston Churchill]) AVAILABLE Persistent link to this record Description 10 v. 18 cm. Note Binders title; each vol. has special t.-p. Contents [v. 1] The celebrity.--[v. 2] Coniston.--[v. 3] The crisis.--[v. 4] The crossing.--[v. 5] The dwelling-place of light.--[v. 6] A far country.--[v. 7] The inside of the cup.--[v. 8] Mr. Crewe's career.--[v. 9] A modern chronicle.--[v. 10] Richard Carvel. [NYPL]

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The inside of the cup / by Winston Churchill ; with illustrations by Howard Giles. Publisher New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c1913 (1915 printing) Description vi, 513 p : ill. ; 20 cm.
[UC, Sept 2007. Was this to be published by two different publishers in New York about the same time ?]

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The inside of the cup / by Winston Churchill ... ; illustrated with scenes from the photoplay, produced by Cosmopolitan, a Paramount picture. Publisher New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c1913. Description 501 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. Note Filmed by Paramount. Language English
[when was this "filmed by Paramount" ?
Anyhow, would it not be really good to know what W. Churchill actually wrote and published as 'The inside of the cup' ? The data found in the library catalogues do not look promising. ]

Note Giles, Howard, 1876-1955. . Illustrator
1 MacGrath, Harold, 1871-1932. The girl in his house / by Harold MacGrath ... ; illustrated by Howard Giles. New York ; London : Harper & Brothers, 1918. This title is held by: Humanities- General Research- Rm315 Location Call Number Status Humanities- General Research- Rm315 NBO (MacGrath, H. Girl in his house) AVAILABLE 2 Harris, Corra, 1869-1935. In search of a husband / by Corra Harris ... Garden City, New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. This title is held by: Humanities- General Research- Rm315 Location Call Number Status Humanities- General Research- Rm315 NBO (Harris, C. M. W. In search of a husband) AVAILABLE 3 London, Jack, 1876-1916. Lost face / by Jack London. New York : The Regent Press, [1913, c1910]. This title is held by: Humanities- General Research- Rm315 Location Call Number

Note Giles, Howard. . Illustrator
1 Wason, Robert Alexander, 1874- Happy Hawkins. Illustrated by H. Giles. Boston, Small, Maynard and Co. [1910] This title is held by: Humanities- General Research- Rm315 Location Call Number Status Humanities- General Research- Rm315 NBO (Wason, R. A. Happy Hawkins) AVAILABLE 2 Rhodes, Harrison Garfield, 1871-1929. In vacation America [by] Harrison Rhodes; illustrated by Howard Giles. New York and London, Harper & brothers [1915] This title is held by: Humanities- General Research- Rm315 Location Call Number Status Humanities- General Research- Rm315 KNF (Rhodes, H. G. In vacation America) AVAILABLE 3 Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947. The inside of the cup, by Winston Churchill ... with illustrations by Howard Giles. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1913. This title is held by: Humanities- General Research- Rm315

Also,
Record: Previous Next Author Webster, Henry Kitchell, 1875-1932. Title Roger Drake : captain of industry / by Henry Kitchell Webster ... Imprint New York : The Macmillan Company ; London : Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1902. Location Call Number Status Humanities- General Research- Rm315 NCW (Webster, H. K. Roger Drake) AVAILABLE Persistent link to this record Description v, [1], 306, [4] p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Note Verso of t.p.: Set up and electrotyped October, 1902. Verso of t.p.: Norwood Press, J.S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith, Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. Frontispiece and plates facing p. 16, 34, 66, 86, 96, 104, 136, 150, 154, 194, 210, 242, 264, 270, 296 and 304, signed by Howard Giles. Advertisements on p. [1]-[3] at end. Additional Name Giles, Howard, 1876-1955.

 

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Author Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965. Title The aftermath, by the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Publisher New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1929. Description xiv p., 1 l., 502 p. maps (part. fold.) 23 cm. Note At head of title: The world crisis - 1918-1928. Author Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965. Title The world crisis, by the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Publisher New York, Scribner, 1923-29. Description 4 v.in 5. maps (part fold.) facsims. (part fold.) fold. tables. diagrs. (part fold. 23 cm. Contents v. 1. 1911-1914. 1923.--v. 2. 1915. 1923.--v.3. 1916-1918. 1927.)--v.4. 1918-1928. The aftermath. 1929. Author Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947. Title The dwelling place of light. Publisher London, Macmillan, 1917. Description 409 p. Author Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947. Title A far country / Winston Churchill ; illustrated by Herman Pfeifer. Publisher New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1916,c1915. Description 509 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Title Anecdotes of the hour, by famous men as told by Winston Churchill [et. al] Publisher New York : Hearst's International Library, 1914. Description 128 p. illus. 18 cm. Language English Author Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947. Title A modern chronicle, by Winston Churchill ... illustrated by J. H. Gardner Soper. Publisher London, The Macmillan Company, 1910. Description vi, 1 ., 524 p. front., illus., pl. 20 cm. Author Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965. Title My African journey. Publisher London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. Description xiii, 226 p. illus., col. maps, ports. 20 cm. Note Publisher's advertisements ([16] p.) at end. Author Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947. Title A modern chronicle. Illus. by J.H. Gardner Soper. Publisher New York, The Macmillan Co 1904. Description 524p. illus. Author Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947. Title The crisis, by Winston Churchill ... With illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Publisher New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd., 1901. Description ix, 522 p. front., plates. 20 cm.

Carton de Wiart, Adrian, Sir, b. 1880. Title Happy odyssey : the memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart / With a foreword by Winston S. Churchill. Publisher London : Cape, [1950] Description 287 p. : port. ; 21 cm.