Source 8O

Ll. G. showed tremendous determination & driving force in carrying the thing through. It remains to be seen whether it will lead to the educational unification of Wales or not ...

Lloyd George came to the second meeting, swept everything before him in the most peremptory fashion, & carried them in favour of the English plan. I had a chat with him at his office this morning & learnt that his plan was to preserve uniformity throughout Wales in order that we might ultimately have a Central Board for Wales for elementary as well as intermediate purposes.

(J. Herbert Lewis’s diary, 11 November 1902, Penucha MSS, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] )