Opinion | An Antidote to Idiocy in 'Churchill' - The New York Times - 0 views
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Churchill, notes Roberts, was able to rouse Britain “because the battles and struggles of the Elizabethan and Napoleonic wars were then taught in schools, so the stories of Drake and Nelson were well known to his listeners.”
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In Britain, a 2008 survey found that 20 percent of teenagers thought Churchill was a fictional character but 58 percent thought Sherlock Holmes was real.
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We reconcile ourselves to the decadence of the present only if we choose to remain ignorant of the achievements of the past.