There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win.

So we have had to dispense with the indispensable.

The great defence against aerial menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

A prodigious event had happened. The monotony of toil and of the daily round was suddenly broken. Everything was strange and new. War aroused the primordial instincts of races born of strife. Adventure beckoned to her children. A larger, nobler life seemed to be about to open upon the world. But it was, in fact, only Death.

War is not courtesy but the most horrible thing in life; and we ought to understand that, and not play at war. We ought to accept this terrible necessity sternly and seriously. It all lies in that: get rid of falsehood and let war be war and not a game.

War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war.