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Hillsdale Dialogues

Churchill’s Great Contemporaries: Arthur James Balfour

Hillsdale Dialogues

Hillsdale College

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🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Larry Arnn, President of Hillsdale College, joins Hugh Hewitt on the Hillsdale Dialogues for his series on "Churchill the Writer." On this episode, Dr. Arnn and Hugh continue to discuss Great Contemporaries, a collection of 25 short biographical essays written by Churchill, and the story of Arthur James Balfour.

Release date: 14 April 2023

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0:00.0

Every week Hillsdale College President Larry Arn joins Hugh Hewitt to discuss great books,

0:10.3

great men, and great ideas.

0:13.2

This is The Hillsdale Dialogues presented by Hillsdale College.

0:18.3

To find more episodes, search for Hillsdale Dialogues and Apple Podcasts, tune in,

0:24.1

eye heart and ricochet.

0:25.9

Good morning, glory America, Bonjour High, Canada, that music means at this time for the

0:33.8

Hillsdale Dialogues once a week.

0:36.3

Dr. Larry Arn, President of Hillsdale College, or one of his colleagues, or two of them,

0:40.5

join me and we talk about matters both large and long, and sometimes way back, and today

0:46.4

we're going to go way back, we're going to go back 120 years to talk about Arthur Balfour.

0:52.2

And I must say, of all the British Prime Ministers, he is the most elusive to me.

0:57.3

So I can set him in the right context.

1:00.8

The Gladstone was Prime Minister for the last time in 1892 to 94.

1:05.8

He was followed by the Earl of Rosebury, which we've discussed on this show.

1:10.0

Then Lord Salisbury came back from 1895 to 1902, third time as Prime Minister, he gave

1:16.1

it up in 1902, and he gave it over to Arthur James Balfour.

1:20.8

Arthur James Balfour never was elected as the leader of the party, but he became the

1:26.2

leader of the party.

1:27.4

And to him we turn now.

1:28.4

Dr. Arn, good morning, how are you, and what do you think of Arthur Balfour?

1:31.7

Well, I love that guy.

1:34.7

I love him for two reasons.

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