He said speaking to boy scouts Stand up for England when people speak disrespectfully of her—try to realize what citizenship and public spirit mean." He was a real imlist. He saw the "possibilities within the Empire and with that end in view paid hi visit to Canada two years encourage settlement of British ex-service men in the Canadian west.
He never lost the sense of respon sibility for his men so characteristic of the British officer. He would, he never rest satisfied whilst men who had distinguished themselves in the severest trials of war, whether by sea, land or air, were, through no fault of their own, reduced to such a state of penury, they were unable to maintain their self respect and find food and a home for their wives and children. And so he la-poured unselfishly and unceasingly that he might encourage and comfort the brave, deserving men in their temporary adversity, so that, as he said, "they could pass on to their children the true British grit, which in the greatest crisis of its history saved the Empire from misery and rui There is a famous despatch written by him at the darkest hour before the dawn on the western front.
When all the world seemed to be crumbling under the hammer blows of the German attacks, he wrote: "We are tired, our backs to the wal but we fight on." And that sum-marines characteristically the soldier spirit of the man—one of the bulldog breed who have made the Empire and kept her high estate. And it was that spirit of indomitable courage, of unselfish service—hoping—continuing—even when the odds
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