If it has, achieved nothing else Hitler's indiscriminate air attack against the British Isles haè sent the spirit of the British people soaring skyward to draw the unstinted admiration of the whole world. A typical example of the effect of Hitler's fierce attacks on British cities was seen recently in the advertisement columns of the "Liverpool Daily Post" in which newspaper there appeared the following advertisement: "To let. Attractive cottage and an acre of kitchen garden. In remote and isolated part of Liverpool. All modern conveniences. Surrounded by large bomb craters. Low rent to keen and courageous gardeners." That is the spirit of Britain today. Another example recently was contained in a letter to the "News Chronicle" from an expectant mother. The letter stated: "I am expecting my third baby in May and I feel very proud to be given the chance of creating life at a time like this, To avoid having babies because of the war seems to me a form of defeatism. Some people are astonished that I should want a baby in war time but I think it's more important now than ever that family life should be carried on as usual. Apart from my personal feelings I think I am doing something worth while for my country." There are millions of women in Britain these days who think the same as that expectant mother. The moral of such people is unshakable. Every day fresh examples of heroism of the civilian population of Britain are being brought to the notice of the authorities and in many cases women are the central figures in these acts. In January'when a heavy bomb destroyed several houses in a London suburb, killing several people, a number of women and children were trapped in a basement shelter. They refused assistance, until people in other houses had been saved and whiled away the time singing popular songs. During another severe bombing of London a hospital was hit and a nurse in charge of a men's ward was injured together with many of her patients. This young girl, although badly shaken, immediately set about the task of removing her charges to a safer place and bodily hoisted one badly injured man across her shoulders to carry him down to the basement, When urged to go for treat-iment herself this nurse refused until all the men patients in her charge were safe—then she collapsed. Such heroism as that is an everyday feature of British life today. Hitler may rain bombs on Britain's cities, towns and villages but he will never break the spirit of the average Briton, The destruction of property may be great but there never will be any destruction of moral.
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