45/65 Yet, I dare say, my most important work is still to come. It does look as if the very crisis is near. And there can be no doubt now--not even, I hope, in the United States--about the necessity of a clear and decisive victory, nor about punishment. All the devastation of Northern France, which outbarbarizes barbarism, all the ships sunk, including hospital ships, must be paid for; that's all. There'll be famine in Europe whenever it end. |