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GENERAL BRAMWELL BOOTH
BOOTH, W. BRAMWELL, General of the Salvation Army since 1912; e.s. of
late General Booth; b. Halifax, 8 March, 1856; m. 5882, Florence
Eleanor; two s. four d. Educ.: Privately. Commenced public work 1874;
Chairman of the S.A. Life Assurance Society and the Reliance Bank; Chief
of Staff, Salvation Army, 1880-1912. Publications: _Books that Bless;
Our Master; Servants of All; Social Reparation; On the Banks of the
River; Bible Battle-Axes; Life and Religion;_ and various pamphlets on
Social and Religious Subjects.
[Illustration: GENERAL BRAMWELL BOOTH]
CHAPTER VIII
GENERAL BRAMWELL BOOTH
. . . _for the generality of men, the attempt to live such a life
would be a fatal mistake; it would narrow instead of widening their
minds, it would harden instead of softening their hearts. Indeed,
the effort "thus to go beyond themselves, and wind themselves too
high," might even be followed by reaction to a life more profane
and self-indulgent than that of the world in general._--EDWARD
CAIRD.
Because General Booth wears a uniform he commands the public curiosity;
but because of that curiosity the public perhaps misses his considerable
abilities and his singular attraction. His worst enemy is his frogged
coat. Attention is diverted from his head to his epaulettes. He
deserves, I am convinced, a more intelligent inquisitiveness.
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