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A Nazi invasion of Great Britain last autumn would have been a more or less improvised affair.
Hitler took it for granted that when France gave in we should give in; but we did not give in.
And he had to think again.
An invasion now will be supported by a much more carefully prepared tackle and equipment of landing craft and other apparatus,
all of which will have been planned and manufactured during the winter months.
We must all be prepared to meet gas attacks, parachute attacks,
and glider attacks, with constancy, forethought and practiced skill.
In order to win the war Hitler must destroy Great Britain.
With every month that passes the many proud and once happy countries
he is now holding down by brute force and vile intrigue are learning to hate the Prussian yoke and the Nazi name
as nothing has ever been hated so fiercely and so widely among men before.
And all the time, masters of the sea and air, the British Empire-nay, in a certain sense,
the whole English-speaking world will be on his track, bearing with them the swords of justice.
The other day, President Roosevelt gave his opponent in the late Presidential Election a letter of introduction to me,
and in it he wrote out a verse, in his own handwriting, from Longfellow,
which he said, "applies to you people as it does to us."
Here is the verse:
"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 is the answer that I shall give, in your name, to this great man,
the thrice-chosen head of a nation of a hundred and thirty millions?
Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt:
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 long,
drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down.
Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.
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