- Wed Jul 06, 2022 1:06 pm
#28952
Youngian wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:56 pm
Johnson is still an untouchable bucaneering statesman in his head. This crisis is just a bump in the road to test his Churchillian metal.
Churchillian mettle.
Bunter's metal is merely base*.
*Base metals are common metals that tarnish, oxidize, or corrode relatively quickly when exposed to air or moisture. How very apt.
The moneychangers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply values more noble than mere monetary profit.