One of Britain's inner defenses against Hitlerism, something the Führer himself would never have understood, was a modest little feature tucked in the back columns of the London Times. It was neither more nor less than a daily quotation, usually, but not always, from the oak-timbered British past, "a passage old and true [to] keep high the heart and fortify the mind." Samples:
¶ After the North Africa landings: "No cause they espouse can fail; no cause they oppose can triumph. The future is in large part theirs. . . ."Lord Russell of Killowen.
¶ After Mussolini and his mistress were killed: "Hand...
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