I Devoured Gibbon. I Rode Triumphantly Through

On 17th July There Came To Us At Potsdam The Eagerly-awaited News Of The Trial Of The Atomic Bomb In The [new] Mexican Desert. Success Beyond All Dreams Crowded This Sombre, Magnificent Venture Of Our American Allies. The Detailed Reports ... Could Leave No Doubt In The Minds Of The Very Few Who Were Informed, That We Were In The Presence Of A New Factor In Human Affairs, And Possessed Of Powers Which Were Irresistible.

I Cannot But Think We Have Much To Be Thankful For, And More Still To Hope For In The Future.

Most People Hate The Taste Of Beer - To Begin With. It Is, However, A Prejudice That Many People Have Been Able To Overcome.

Now At Last The Slowly Gathered, Long-pent-up Fury Of The Storm Broke Upon Us. Four Or Five Millions Of Men Met Each Other In The First Shock Of The Most Merciless Of All The Wars Of Which Record Has Been Kept.

The Problems Of Victory Are More Agreeable Than Those Of Defeat, But They Are No Less Difficult.