[1] [p. 164]
Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset.
August 19, 1913.
Dear Sir,
— I not only think but firmly believe that Lloyd George1 is working for the good of the people, in all ways open to him. The wonder is that he can persuade Asquith2 and the Cabinet to let him go as far as he does. No doubt he is obliged to do things he does not think the best absolutely, but the best that are practicable. He does not profess to be a Socialist, and he is not infallible, but he does the best he can, under the conditions in which he finds himself. Socialists who condemn him for not doing more are most [2] [p. 165] unfair. They must know, if they think, that if he tried to do much more towards Socialism he would break up the Government and let in the Tories. —
Yours truly, | Alfred R. Wallace.
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