The substitution of the internal combustion engine for the horse marked a very gloomy milestone in the progress of mankind.

Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.

Hope has returned to the hearts of scores of millions of men and women, and with that hope there burns the flame of anger against the brutal, corrupt invader ... In a dozen famous ancient States now prostrate under the Nazi yoke, the masses of the people ... await the hour of liberation ... That hour will strike, and its solemn peal will proclaim that the night is past and that the dawn has come.

Canada is the linchpin of the English-speakin g world

Delight in smooth sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts ... genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation ... the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality ...though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries [WWII]

There is only one answer to defeat and that is victory.

I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all.