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One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a large slice, of course, of the 20th century; and another, curious layer which may possibly have been the 21st.

Source: Comparing Winston Churchill to a cake, quoted by William Manchester in The Last Lion, 1983.
-- Clement Attlee, (Jan 3 1883-1967), English labour party leader; As prime minister, 1945-1951, he presided over the establishment of the welfare state in Great Britain and over the granting of independence to India.

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