Scotsman Archive: Genius of Sir Walter Scott, 24 November, 1934

Published on Monday 23 November 2009 21:58

THE influence of the author of the Waverley Novels upon the youth of Scotland during the past century was emphasised by the Marquess of Linlithgow when he gave the oration at the 35th annual dinner of the Sir Walter Scott Club in Edinburgh last night.

His lordship declared that there had been no child born in Scotland in the past 100 years who had not had its outlook on life in some degree moulded by Scott. The dinner was held in the North British Station Hotel, and the company, which numbered over 260 included Lord Provost Sir William Thomson and Lady Thomson. The chairman proposed the toast of "The Imperial Forces" and said that the forces were a symbol of the defence of all those rights which were considered most sacred. Sir Walter Scott loved the soldier and had all the fervour of the soldier's soul, and they might say that he was a soldier, for he fought a valiant fight against all the forces of adversity, and did it with indomitable courage and unflinching resolution.

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