The Nation Will Find It Very Hard

The English Know How To Make The Best Of Things. Their So-called Muddling Through Is Simply Skill At Dealing With The Inevitable.

Manifest Destiny Was On The March, And It Was Unfortunate That Mexico Stood In The Path.

Time Passes Swiftly, But Is It Not Joyous To See How Great And Growing Is The Treasure We Have Gathered Together, Amid The Storms And Stresses Of So Many Eventful And To Millions Tragic And Terrible Years?

If We Look To Our Responsibility To The Generations Yet Unborn Who Will Come After Us, How Can We Fail To Recognize That Peace And Freedom Are Inextricably Bound Up One With Another And That The Threat To One Is A Threat To Both

And Wherever Men Are Fighting Against Barbarism, Tyranny, And Massacre, For Freedom, Law, And Honour, Let Them Remember That The Fame Of Their Deeds, Even Though They Themselves Be Exterminated, May Perhaps Be Celebrated As Long As The World Rolls Round.