Excerpt from Sir J. H. Meiring Beck: A Memoir I have been asked to contribute my resol lections of Sir J. H. M. Beck, and I do so with pleasure. There was no more loveable or sympathetic man in South Africa's public life. Beck was a man cultured beyond his fellows; in a love for art in all its branches, particularly in music, he was far beyond most men in South Africa, and he added to his special gifts a kindly and genial tolerance for those who, like myself were - after the good anglo-saxon fashion destitute of those ...
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Excerpt from Sir J. H. Meiring Beck: A Memoir I have been asked to contribute my resol lections of Sir J. H. M. Beck, and I do so with pleasure. There was no more loveable or sympathetic man in South Africa's public life. Beck was a man cultured beyond his fellows; in a love for art in all its branches, particularly in music, he was far beyond most men in South Africa, and he added to his special gifts a kindly and genial tolerance for those who, like myself were - after the good anglo-saxon fashion destitute of those qualities that add a charm to life. I call to mind many playful wrangles that we have had upon these subjects upon which we agreed to differ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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