Originally Posted by
Dan Winterland
My father met the great man and was in awe of him. He does seem to be arrogant in the book, but it's just his scientists way of objective observation. He was correct - most of the time and had little time for those he saw as deliberately obstructive. When he was wrong only a couple of occasions, then he was man enough to admit it.
Absolutely! I'm pretty sure that there's a maxim (Churchillian?) along the lines of not having to be polite in war, just having to be correct.