Nigel Carrington

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3,086 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 7 Aug

Nigel Carrington’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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They say your country is rich, but

I hope that the many have the benefit of that wealth and not the few.

I am afraid we cannot say that.

There are great disparities in England, as in other lands, said

But how do you like France?

I may ask you, for you say you're not a Frenchman.

A gay, pleasure loving nation.

Wanting in gravity, in stability, in religious sentiment, France lives too much for the present and not enough for the future,

Not enough in the past.

It is selfish and proud but

And pride oftentimes precedes a fall.

The Latin races seem growing effete.

They have had their day, said

The Teutonic races may have the present and the immediate future.

However I cannot tell what

The state of Germany is sad but

Though not as sad as France, the

The intelligence of his remarks touched me.

I looked down at his worn and almost ragged trousers.

It seemed to me sad that one so intelligent and educated should be a mere peasant and in want of

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