MANKIND’S DEBT TO BRITAIN
NEW YORK, December 17. Mr Walter Lippmann, whose articles are syndicated among many newspapers, warns sceptics against losing faith in a just outcome of the war. “Five months ago the British stood alone and, by all ordinary estimates, defenceless,” he says. “It appeared that all Europe would be united against them and a worldwide alliance as well. “Today they are not defenceless, and Europe is not united against them. From every corner of Europe comes evidence that they have Allies, and from all parts of the world come assurances that they will not be allowed to fail. “This they have accomplished by their courage, and mankind owes them an infinite debt, not only for holding the line so gallantly, but even more for giving back to men their lost faith in themselves. “The British have proved to this smart and unbelieving, this clever and neurotic generation that, in the calculation of chances, sheer valour is a force, and that, with a stout heart and a clear eye, man can still assuredly say, ‘From this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.’ ”
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Southland Times, Issue 24313, 19 December 1940, Page 5
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