He Spoke With More Eloquence

In War As In Life, It Is Often Necessary When Some Cherished Scheme Has Failed, To Take Up The Best Alternative Open, And If So, It Is Folly Not To Work For It With All Your Might.

An Optimist Sees The Oportunity In Every Difficulty.

The Navy Can Lose Us The War, But Only The Air Force Can Win It. Therefore Our Supreme Effort Must Be To Gain Overwhelming Mastery In The Air. The Fighters Are Our Salvation . . . But The Bombers Alone Provide The Means Of Victory. . . . In No Other Way At Present Visible Can We Hope To Overcome The Immense Military Power Of Germany.

I Must Place On Record My Regret That The Human Race Ever Learned To Fly.

We Hoped To Land A Wild Cat That Would Tear Out The Bowels Of The Boche. Instead We Have Stranded A Vast Whale With Its Tail Flopping About In The Water.