How some of the writers I come across get through their books without dying of boredom is beyond me.
Being appointed Elder Professor meant very much taking over the shop, in that the professor in those days controlled all the moneys.
I address myself to the Communists, to those Communists who were prompted to join the Party by the progressive ideas of mankind and socialism, and not by selfish personal interests - let us represent our pure and just ideas by pure and just means.