In the course of the year, however, there had been a change in the public sentiment, of which the unanimity at Dollop's was an index.
He was a famous poet in his day, and the world recognised his genius with a unanimity which the greater complexity of modern life has rendered infrequent.
Again, there was virtually no unanimity about which statements helped more than hurt.
"While there will never be unanimity of view about court dress, the desirability of these changes has a broad measure of agreement," Phillips said.