I Have One Criticism About The Negro

Duty, Honor, Country. Those Three Hallowed Words Reverently Dictate What You Ought To Be, What You Can Be, What You Will Be.

I Promise To Keep On Living As Though I Expected To Live Forever. Nobody Grows Old By Merely Living A Number Of Years. People Grow Old Only Be Deserting Their Ideals. Years May Wrinkle The Skin, But To Give Up Interest Wrinkles The Soul.

Talk Of Imminent Threat To Our National Security Through The Application Of External Force Is Pure Nonsense. Our Threat Is From The Insidious Forces Working From Within Which Have Already So Drastically Altered The Character Of Our Free Institutions - Those Institutions We Proudly Called The American Way Of Life.

Today The Guns Are Silent. A Great Tragedy Has Ended. A Great Victory Has Been Won. The Skies No Longer Rain With Death - The Seas Bear Only Commerce - Men Everywhere Walk Upright In The Sunlight. The Entire World Lies Quietly At Peace. The Holy Mission Has Been Completed. And In Reporting This To You, The People, I Speak For The Thousands Of Silent Lips, Forever Stilled Among The Jungles And The Beaches And In The Deep Waters Of The Pacific Which Marked The Way.

We Have Had Our Last Chance. The Problem Now Is Basically Theological, And Involves Spirituality And Improvement Of Human Character. It Must Be Of The Spirit If We Are To Save The Flesh.