It Is Not Enough That

The Cost Of Solving The Comet Mystery Must Be Reckoned Neither In Money Nor In Manpower.

Do Not Let Us Speak Of Darker Days, Let Us Speak Rather Of Sterner Days. These Are Not Dark Days: These Are Great Days-the Greatest Days Our Country Has Ever Lived; And We Must All Thank God That We Have Been Allowed, Each Of Us According To Our Stations, To Play A Part In Making These Days Memorable In The History Of Our Race.

Science Bestowed Immense New Powers On Man, And At The Same Time, Created Conditions Which Were Largely Beyond His Comprehension.

It Is Not Open To The Cool Bystander . . . To Set Himself Up As An Impartial Judge Of Events Which Would Never Have Occurred Had He Outstretched A Helping Hand In Time.

Bearing Ourselves Humbly Before God... We Await Undismayed The Impending Assault.... Be The Ordeal Sharp Or Long, Or Both, We Shall Seek No Terms, We Shall Tolerate No Parlay; We May Show Mercy - We Shall Ask For None.