Looking at them here and there, I feel that the hands of the clock have been put back a quarter century. These boys are exactly like their fathers whom. I used to meet on the roads of France or in Flemish aerodromes, They have the same look in their eyes, the same spirit behind that look, the same quality of character. All is right with British youth, not only in the British Isles themselves but in all the dominions of our Commonwealth of Nations.
There has been no panic. There has been no hysteria, There has been no boasting. The British people have faced this thing with astonishing resolution, calm and grim resignation, though they know it will be very frightful.
It would be absurd to pretend that mone of them is afraid. Shell fire is not amusing. Death is not a joke, especially if it comes to one's women and children. There is fear at the back of many minds—but not enough to weaken resolution, not enough to over-balance that courage which faces everything and carries on.
So it was in the last war. So it Col. Lindbergh on
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