"What does it matter," he said, "whom you offend ?--the fate of England depends on you.

Does it matter if they shoot you, or hang you, or send you to the Tower, so long as England is saved ?" And Mr.Churchill did as he was bidden--the greatest act in his life, and perhaps one of the most courageous acts in the history of statesmanship.

Lord Fisher said afterwards, "You may not like Winston, but he has got the heart of a lion." Thus was England saved, and Germany doomed.

Before war was declared the British Fleet held the seas, and in command of that Fleet was the quickest working brain in the Navy.
On one occasion, during the dark days of the war, I was lunching at the Admiralty with Lord Fisher, who had then been recalled to office.

He appeared rather dismal, and to divert him I said, "I've got some good news for you--we are perfectly safe and Germany is beaten." He looked up from his plate and regarded me with lugubrious eyes.