The events of the last few days, which have dealt with one particular issue, have merely brought to a head other and more far-reaching differences, not, if you will, in objectives, but in outlook and approach. I do not believe that we can make progress in European appeasement, more particularly in the light of the events of the past few days—and. those events must surely be present in all our minds—if we allow the impression to gain currency abroad that we yield to constant pressure (hear, hear).
I am certain in my own mind that progress depends <bove all on the temper of the nation, and that temper must find expression in a firm spirit. That spirit I confident is there. Not to give voice to it is, I believe, {rir neither to this country nor to the world (loud and prolonged cheers).
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