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Unless Some Effective Supranational Government Can Be Set Up And Brought Quickly Into Action, The Prospects Of Peace And Human Progress Are Dark And Doubtful.

Great Success Always Comes At The Risk Of Enormous Failure.

The English Are Loth To Express Their Feelings, But In My Stall In The Choir I Could Feel The Pent-up, Passionate Emotion, And Also The Fear Of The Congregation, Not Of Death Or Wounds Or Material Loss, But Of Defeat And The Final Ruin Of Britain.

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 Am A Child Of The House Of Commons. I Was Brought Up In My Fathers House To Believe In Democracy. Trust The Peoplethat Was His Message.