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general good of all five Continents. No other
nation has ever taken up so difficult and so
noble a responsibility.
For myself, I believe that Great Britain will
regain her old prosperity. A new lot of younger
men are now coming to the front. The idlers
will be bought out or forced out. Our well-
established firms, with competent leadership,
will more than hold their own against the
mushroom firms of foreign countries.
We have all the assets of Experience and
Capital and Goodwill. If we add to these the
assets of Initiative and Will-Power and Courage
and Efficiency, we can bring the greater part
of the human race into our League of Free
Nations.
We who are now alive to making history.
We are at the crossroads. Shall we rule or
rust ? Can we shake off our apathy and make
the most of ourselves and our assets ?
Have we had our day or have we only had
our Dawn ? Have we finished our leading part
in the drama of history, or shall we come on
again in the next Act and do more than our
grandfathers did ?
This is a personal question. You cannot
dodge it. You own a little bit of the British
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