“GIVE US THE TOOLS”
"FAITH AND BLESSING”
“WE SHALL NOT FAIL”
MESSAGE TO AMERICA (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Feb. 10. During his broadcast address last evening, the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, said that the United States Republican leader, Mr. Wendell Willkie, had brought with him on his recent visit to England a letter of introduction from President Roosevelt, in which the President had included a quotation from Longfellow which the President had said applied to the British 'people as well as the Americans.
It was: “Thou, too, sail on, O ship of state! Sail on, O Union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ” What was the answer that should be sent in the name of the people of Britain? Mr. Churchill asked. That answer would be: “Put your confidence in us. Give us your faith and your blessing and under Providence all will be well. “We shall not fail or falter. We shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle nor the longdrawn trials will wear us down. Give us the tools and we shall finish the job.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20477, 11 February 1941, Page 5
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