Shadow of Great Britain

“Next, please welcome the noblest Knight of the Order of the Garter, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, the recipient of the Victoria Cross and Knight Bachelor, the leader of the anti-colonial cause, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, Fellow of the Royal Society, the lifelong friend of great writers like Dickens and Dumas, the staunch supporter of scientific stars like Faraday and Darwin, who has served as Assistant Under-Secretary, Under-Secretary and Permanent Under-Secretary of the Home Office, the Admiralty, and other departments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the kingdom's first Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, one of the first graduates and the most outstanding alumni in the history of the school, the esteemed Sir Arthur Hastings, to give a speech at the 50th anniversary celebration of the founding of the University of London.”Arthur's gaze swept across the audience...