Wisdom and Wind-Bag Campbell 26th October 1978

26th October 1978

In the shelter of a tree two squirrels eat acorns while a bird watches

following the re-opening of St Paul's Cathedral on 5th June

'New London Bridge'

Wisdom and Wind-Bag Campbell 26th October 1978'Wisdom and Wind Bag', 1866. The master of rhetoric, Thomas Carlyle, is shown commenting on a speech being given to the masses by John Bright. Bright is seen to be rousing his audience by anger by telling them how the House of Commons hates any of the measures it is forced to discuss that might actually improve the lives of the ordinary working class man. The implication is that he is telling his audience lies. From Punch, or the London Charivari,