THE MAN WHO IS UNBEATABLE 
All manner of men possess this ‘‘ instantan- 
eous courage.” No one knows until a crisis 
comes whether he has it or not. 
Several years ago, at the King’s invitation, 
324 V.C.s went to Buckingham Palace and 
had tea. It was the King’s own idea and at his 
own expense. It was the most notable garden 
party ever held in England. 
Every man of the 324 had faced death for the 
sake of his country. There were privates and 
generals, Oxford men and costers—there is 
no class distinction in courage. 
But here is the most interesting fact—they 
were mostly ordinary-looking quiet men with 
kindly gentle faces. Many looked frail and 
delicate. ‘They were not brassy-faced swag- 
gerers and bullies. They were not swankers. 
They were modest gentlemen. The one thing 
that they all had in common was ‘‘ instantan- 
eous courage.” They were unbeatable. 
Women have this quality as well as men. A 
mother will dash past the fireman to rescue 
her child from a burning house. In both war 
and peace, it has been proved that courage is 
not at all a masculine virtue. 
Amy Johnson was unbeatable when she 
picked up a second-hand aeroplane and flew 
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