From Lord Fisher to a Friend.
My Dear ——,
I wrote to a distinguished friend to note (but not to congratulate him) that he had been made “a Companion of Honour” (what that is I don’t know!), and told him one of the disadvantages of even a “Limited Monarchy” was the making of us all into Christmas Trees to hang Decorations upon! He replied he had declined it, as he did not wish “to be regarded as a dab of paint to camouflage this new Order instituted for Labour Leaders!” Haven’t I always told you we are a Nation of Snobs, and that even the Labour Leaders don’t resent being kept hanging about on the door mat?
My dear friend adds: “I feel sure your conception of Democracy will be realised.” (I had sent him my Paper on Democracy that you didn’t like!) “Liberty means a Country where every man or woman has an equal chance.”
“The race of Life in a civilised Country is a race carried out under a system of handicaps, and the people who do the handicapping are the people of the least brains.
“The prophecy you send me is wonderful.”
I think the words of this my friend will interest you, though perhaps not convince you!
Yours till death,
F.
9/6/18.