To defend Sir William's report in these particulars is not to endorse his every recommendation.
But it is also, when read in context, pretty clearly not what Sir William meant.
Mr Windschuttle also blasts Sir William Deane, a former High Court judge who served a term as governor-general.
Commission chairman Sir William McKay said Westminster law-making had inevitably come to focus on England, or England and Wales.
The recording of Sir William's letter, written on 28 February 1823, can be heard on the RNLI website.
Constructed by Sir William Arrol, it is supported by 1000 ton counterweights and comprises three double cantilevers held together with girder spans.
The tower, built on Conister Rock in Douglas in 1832, was the idea of the RNLI founder, Sir William Hillary.
Sir William also notes the view of Mr and Mrs Lawrence that "corruption and collusion" might explain the police failures.
This, roughly, is what Sir William Macpherson's report on the death of Stephen Lawrence will tell Jack Straw next week.
The government has accepted all the recommendations of the inquiry, headed by Sir William Macpherson, a retired High Court judge.
In it, Sir William calls for men to "risk their own lives for those whom they have never known or seen".
He was fiddling with a clay model of an early successor to the E-type when company founder Sir William Lyons walked by.
Sir William found "corporate failure" at the Ministry of Defence was to blame for the use of banned interrogation methods in Iraq.
The inquiry, led by Sir William Gage, heard evidence from 348 witnesses.
Sir William's point is that the unfairness can often be the result of ignorance or thoughtlessness, not necessarily of a deliberate act.
Dr Chapman said letters to Harriot from Sir William Lower in Carmarthenshire prove that astronomers there were also making observations on the Moon.
Sir William was one of the most prominent 19th Century sculptors and the theft comes in the 150th anniversary year of his birth.
'Joyance', an 1899 statue of a boy by Sir William Goscombe John, was cut from the water fountain in Thompson's Park, Canton, Cardiff.
Gates was given honorary knighthood in March, but don't call him Sir William: the title is only good for citizens of the Commonwealth.
Sir William's verdict is that he acted with a lack of wisdom and sensitivity in not showing a greater interest in the information.
The tower, built on Conister Rock in Douglas in 1832, was the idea of Sir William Hillary, founder of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Inquiry chairman Sir William Macpherson and his team were "astonished by the lack of direction and organisation during the vital hours after the murder".
The judge, Sir William Blackburne, sitting as a judge of the High Court, said he would give his decision in writing as soon as possible.
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Sir William Hillary, who launched an appeal in 1824 that led to the foundation of the RNLI, was a member of the Douglas lifeboat crew.
That helps explain Sir William's attitude, the scary headlines it generated and a decision by Communic8, a handset-maker, to withdraw a phone aimed at children.
Sir William was certainly no less responsible (though he was readier to admit it) than was Mr Straw for the inadvertent disclosure of witnesses' names.
By embracing Sir William's report in spite of its flaws, he has given the Lawrences the show of national contrition which they deserved and expected.
So in 1898, in a speech to the British Association, a chemist, Sir William Crookes, argued again that worldwide starvation was inevitable within a generation.
U-turn, issued a belated apology to the Lawrence family, and admitted in front of Sir William's inquiry that the force's internal inquiry had itself been flawed.
When the rescue squad, led by Sir William Taylor, a former head of Hull University, was sent in, it was told to look to neighbouring institutions for help.
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