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Article: Enoch Powell's controversial ending. (warden of St. Margaret's Church's controversial speech on race in 1968)(Brief Article)(Column)
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- National Review
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- March 23, 1998
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NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 17
It is not widely noticed in America, let alone resented, that a couple of conspicuous British divines protested mightily that the body of Enoch Powell would rest for one day in Westminster Abbey. The decision to place him there wasn't an Act of Parliament confirmed by the House of Lords confirmed by the Crown. It was as straightforward as that he had been a warden of St. Margaret's Church, which is an appendage of Westminster Abbey, and the conventional arrangements have always been just that simple: worship at St. Margaret's and earn a day at Westminster Abbey before you go underground.
But of course the death of Mr. Powell was an ...