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...words which had a more timely ring were Woodrow Wilson's: "There is, therefore, but one response possible from us: Force, Force, to the utmost, Force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant Force which shall make Right the law of the world. . . ." Was there not an echo from Franklin Roosevelt, last week: "We shall be able to keep that way [of peace] open only if we are prepared to meet force with force if challenge is ever made...
...bowed twice as he advanced, bowed again while shaking the Pope's hand. Then the Episcopal steelman handed Pius XII two letters. One was from Mr. Roosevelt to "Your Holiness," in which he introduced Mr. Taylor as "a very old friend of mine ... in whom I repose the utmost confidence." Through Mr. Taylor, the President sent "my cordial greetings to you, my old and good friend." Both letters referred to the Ambassador simply as "a channel of communication...
...General Staff: "In spite of the fact that the Russians are falling in tens of thousands, they always have more men to put in. That is why we need help. We need more men, more guns, more airplanes. . . . We rely on other civilized nations to do their utmost to relieve...
...utmost type of heroism, which alone is worthy of the name, must be described, merely, as complete self-faithfulness: as integrity. On this level the life of James Joyce has its place, along with Blake's and Beethoven's, among the supreme examples. It is almost a Bible of what a great artist, an ultimately honest man, is, and is up against...
Katherine Locke, as an American girl in search of her dead brother, is convincing. Lenore Ulric plays a Moorish tart with the utmost of abandon and pidgin English. Don Morrison, the comical hotel manager, provides one of the brighter spots of the evening...