Brave words are cheap. We have had too (Much already of the frantic boast and foolish word; let us test each sentence to be sure that we do not deceive others about our intentions or ourselves about our powers, writes the "Economist" of June 26. For never in the long history of the British race has there been a more momentous decision to take, a decision which every citizen must help in taking and help in carrying out. This is our moment to decide; the moment that comes but once to every man and nation.
There can be no doubt about our decision. We must fight on. We have pledged ourselves before all history to save Western civilization from the menace of Nazi-barbarism; we are in no way released from our bond merely because the menace has grown larger. To give up the struggle now would be to admit for all time the' jibe that England is ready to fight to the last Frenchman.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.