Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
Charles Simmons Quotes
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.
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| Birth: | 9th April, 1893 |
| Death: | 11th August, 1975 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Journalist, Lecturer, Politician |
About
Charles James "Jim" Simmons was born in Moseley, Birmingham. He was a British lecturer, journalist and politician. In World War I he served in the Worcestershire Regiment, seeing action in France, Egypt and Gallipoli. Simmons found work as a political journalist, editing the Town Crier, the journal of the Birmingham Trades Council from 1940–1945. He wrote his autobiography Soapbox Evangelist in 1971.
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