Oliver Baldwin in a magazine article on David Lloyd‑George tells of his contacts with that famous Prime Minister. “My happiest memory of him was a weekend I spent at his house in Churt. He loved to show people over his farm, and he took a real pride in the fact that he had grown prize apples on soil the experts had told him was unsuitable for such fruit. “Experts,” he snorted. “When they tell you a thing can’t be done, that is the time to start.”
Baldwin goes on: “I never forgot that remark, and sixteen years later, I recalled it when in the West Indian Island of Antigua. I was told by experts there was no underground water in the place. I thereupon sent to Jamaica for a water‑diviner, and we found a‑plenty.”
Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, And He Had Compassion, by William Barclay