Bernard Levin, 'Jumping the gun, but not with Mr Fox', The Times (25 June 1975), p. 14
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Fox could speak for four hours at a stretch without repeating himself, and in prose so magnificent that it makes the blood race simply to read it—what it must have sounded like beggars the imagination. What is more, Fox could do that after staying up all night gaming and drinking.

— Bernard Levin on Charles James Fox

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Fox could speak for four hours at a stretch without repeating himself, and in prose so magnificent that it makes the blood race simply to read it—what it must have sounded like beggars the imagination. What is more, Fox could do that after staying up all night gaming and drinking." in the context of "Bernard Levin, 'Jumping the gun, but not with Mr Fox', The Times (25 June 1975), p. 14" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Bernard Levin

Bernard Levin (19 August 1928 – 7 August 2004) was an English journalist, author and broadcaster. He was best known for his columns about political and social issues which appeared in The Times.