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...illusions that snaring the U. S. is easy. His method is to state, with great clarity, the peril to the U. S. if England falls. He points out that in that case no commitment, however solemn, short of America's participation in the war as an ally, can bind the British Fleet to sail to Canada or the U. S. Only if the U. S. were fighting by Britain's side could British sailors feel guaranteed that they and their ships would be used to reconquer their homes, free their families. Granting Brailsford's premises, his conclusion...
...their country, has done an act beyond the Constitution." He said he would go to Congress as a guardian who has invested the money of a ward might go to him when he came of age and say: "I did this for your good; I pretend no right to bind you; you may disavow me, and I must get out of the scrape as I can; I thought it my duty to risk myself...
...shelters which would withstand anything but 500-lb. bombs within 30 ft. were available for 12,000,000 persons. Ready also were 2,000 first-aid stations, 190,000 ambulances, 300,000 hospital beds. The public was urged to carry clean handkerchiefs or towels, be ready to see and bind up severe wounds. Lovers were warned not to park in country lanes lest they be shot as suspicious characters. Plans were rushed to evacuate 20,000 children to North America and all interned aliens, lest they be released to help the invaders. With the first wholesale loads of German bombs...
...North and the South in 1850 were tired and exhausted with the heat of the great debate that had killed Calhoun, and sent Clay and Webster to their death-beds. The Compromise had been passed, and the two great empires within an empire went to their corners to bind up their wounds. The delicious calm and relaxation that follows struggle had enveloped them. The conciliatory spirit of Clay, that sprang from the open meadows and wooded streams of the Blue Grass of Kentucky, had prevailed over both the hot blood of South Carolina and the brawling abolitionism of the North...
...true remedy," wrote the bishops, "will be found ... in accomplishing two reforms in our social order. In the first place there must be re-established some form of guild or vocational groups which will bind men together in society according to their respective occupations, thus creating a moral unity. Secondly, there must be a reform of morals and a profound renewal of the Christian spirit which must precede the social reconstruction...