His Majesty's Government Looks With Favour Upon

Imperishable Moments And Immortal Deeds, Death Itself And Love Stronger Than Death, Will Be As Though They Had Never Been. The Energies Of Our System Will Decay, The Glory Of The Sun Will Be Dimmed And The Earth Tideless And Inert, Will No Longer Tolerate The Race Which Has For The Moment Disturbed Its Solitude. Man Will Go Down Into The Pit And All His Thoughts Will Perish. The Uneasy Consciousness, Which In This Obscure Corner Has For A Brief Space Broken The Contented Silence Of The Universe, Will Be At Rest.

He Has Only Half Learned The Art Of Reading Who Has Not Added To It The More Refined Art Of Skipping And Skimming.

Kant, As We All Know, Compared Moral Law To The Starry Heavens, And Found Them Both Sublime. On The Naturalistic Hypothesis We Should Rather Compare It To The Protective Blotches On A Beetle's Back, And Find Them Both Ingenious.

Advice Would Be More Acceptable If It Didn't Always Conflict With Our Plans.

His Majesty's Government Views With Favour The Establishment In Palestine Of A National Home For The Jewish People, And Will Use Their Best Endeavours To Facilitate The Achievement Of This Object, It Being Clearly Understood That Nothing Shall Be Done Which May Prejudice The Civil And Religious Rights Of Existing Non-jewish Communities In Palestine, Or The Rights And Political Status Enjoyed By Jews In Any Other Country.