The Archive · 1939

E Noble Thoughts

were, of-course, more serious ritual motives. Young Brooke went with spirit to fight for Eng-"hour of need, to fight for y rescue life's beauty from They were wil-

The wireless has made an immense difference to public thought. In almost every litüe home during this long period of international tension, and through these constant crisis, the radio has brought daily news information which has enable-humble folk in all social classes to know as much as the diplomats and statesmen. Farmers, cottagers, story hands, assistant' clerks—all kinds of workers by hand and brain have been able to follow every move on the international chessboard in a way which was utterly beyond their reach a quarter of g century ago; They have been able to form their own judgment with that shrewd conviction which generally gets to the essential truth of things. There is no doubt what that judgment is ioday. The man in the street, the man in the third-class carriage, the factory hand and the mechanic, the feld labourer and the small farmer have made up their minds that Hitler must be put out, even at the expense of a war which they know will be costly.

They hate war. England was the most peace-loving country in Ewrope. But these people, as far as I know them, believe in their souls that We had become intolerable while Hitler went on threatening the peace of Europe and the liberties of all nations.

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