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Very interesting and important original speech notes (9pp ts, with extensive ms amendments and changes in Churchill's own hand) drafted by Winston Churchill before delivering the traditional Prime Minister's address to the Lord Mayor's Banquet at the Mansion House on 10 November 1942, in which he spoke at length about the recent victory of the 'men of British blood' at the Battle of El Alamein culminating in the famous Churchillian claim that: 'This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is perhaps the end of the beginning.' These lines include a classic amendment, moving one key word to show how Churchill carefully controlled both the language and rhythm of his speeches. He also added by hand to the original final page the characteristic declaration, 'I have not become the King's Minister in order to promote the liquidation of the British Empire. For that task someone else will have to be found.' These words, now well-known, have been typed in a slightly amended form into a new closing section of the speech.
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Very interesting and important original speech notes (9pp ts, with extensive ms amendments and changes in Churchill's own hand) drafted by Winston Churchill before delivering the traditional Prime Minister's address to the Lord Mayor's Banquet at the Mansion House on 10 November 1942, in which he spoke at length about the recent victory of the 'men of British blood' at the Battle of El Alamein culminating in the famous Churchillian claim that: 'This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is perhaps the end of the beginning.' These lines include a classic amendment, moving one key word to show how Churchill carefully controlled both the language and rhythm of his speeches. He also added by hand to the original final page the characteristic declaration, 'I have not become the King's Minister in order to promote the liquidation of the British Empire. For that task someone else will have to be found.' These words, now well-known, have been typed in a slightly amended form into a new closing section of the speech.