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Arthur Henderson's period as Foreign Secretary was the high point of his career, and also probably the most satisfying part of his life. During this period he went from strength to strength at home and abroad. Henderson did not look the part ....

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... the Foreign Office because he knew what he wanted to do there, the task was immense, but he was not frightened of it. "The unhurried and deliberate manner he used in the Labour Party office he used in the Foreign Office." With the help of those around him, in particular Hugh Dalton (his Under-Secretary), he set about his task. "Dalton had athletic mental quality, and an unusual quickness of uptake; a powerful speaker, with a capacity for eloquence when eloquence was in place, he has a trained mind, a genial approach, and an easy command of Latin languages." Henderson understood that there could be too much continuity within foreign policy, ...