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To: servo1969

surely from this period of ten months, this is the lesson:

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

We stood all alone a year ago, and to many countries it seemed that our account was closed, we were finished. All this tradition of ours, our songs, our School history, this part of the history of this country, were gone and finished and liquidated.

Very different is the mood today. Britain, other nations thought, had drawn a sponge across her slate. But instead our country stood in the gap. There was no flinching and no thought of giving in; and by what seemed almost a miracle to those outside these Islands, though we ourselves never doubted it, we now find ourselves in a position where I say that we can be sure that we have only to persevere to conquer.


38 posted on 10/06/2013 10:53:30 PM PDT by TomasUSMC
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To: TomasUSMC

Seems like there should be some quotes around those three paragraphs and at the very least a reference to Sir Winston.

Speaking of Giants.


41 posted on 10/07/2013 1:00:37 AM PDT by wita
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