But God only knows the future--I don't.

I think that I do well if I keep track of the present....
My kindest regards to Mrs.House, Yours very heartily, W.H.P.
_To Edward M.House_ London, 25 May, 1916.
DEAR HOUSE: No utterance by anybody has so stirred the people of this kingdom for many months as Sir Edward Grey's impromptu speech last night in the House of Commons about Peace, when he called the German Chancellor a first-class liar.

I sent you to-day a clipping from one of the morning papers.

Every paper I pick up compliments Sir Edward.

Everyone says, "We must fight to a finish." The more sensational press intimates that any Englishman who uses the word "peace" ought to be shot.