“A man that steps aside from the world and has leisure to observe it without interest and design, thinks all mankind as mad as they think him.”
Quote by E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
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E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, was a distinguished British statesman and the Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931. Known for his diplomatic prowess and efforts to promote Indian self-government, he was born on April 16, 1881, and died on December 23, 1959. more
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