Well, the rest, as they say, is history.
That was Churchill at his own finest hour, we must say.
Anyways, Churchill is credited for making “finest hour” a common expression. People must have been using that phrase before, judging from its simplicity, but when someone like Churchill puts it that way, people remember – and repeat.
In short, someone at their finest hour means they’re at the best moment of their lives in terms of achievement, success and so forth. It’s the moment when they look the most impressive.
Just like a flower in full bloom.
Alright, here are more examples, old and new:
1. To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.
The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection. Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit. The flowers, the animals, the mountains, reflected the wisdom of his best hour, as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood.
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