Their lives have been largely defined by failure and you would think the prospect of marriage, which is supposed to be bountiful and hopeful, it’s just really another kind of tangential thing in his life.

Wine is a grand thing,” I said. “It makes you forget all the bad.

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster’s own personal example.

Conservatives have excellent credentials to speak about human rights. By our efforts, and with precious little help from self-styled liberals, we were largely responsible for securing liberty for a substantial share of the world’s population and defending it for most of the rest.

The battle for women’s rights has been largely won.