Sae our boys lacked guns and shells, and aircraft, and a' the countless other things they maun have in modern war.

And at hame the men in the shops and factories haggled and bargained, and thought, and talked.

Not all o' them--oh, understand that in a' this I say that is harsh and bears doon hard upon this man and that, I'm only meaning a few each time! Maist of the plain folk i' the world are honest and straight and upright in their dealings.
But do you ken hoo, in a basket of apples, ane rotten one wi' corrupt the rest?
Weel, it's sae wi' men.

Put ane who's disaffected, and discontented, and nitter, in a shop and he'll mak' trouble wi' all the rest that are but seeking the do their best.
"Ca' Canny!" Ha' ye no heard that phrase?
It's gude Scots.

It's a gude Scots motto.