We have become too civilized to grasp
theobvious.
He has, heaven knows, said so often
enough.
I name those particular men because I rememberthe
faces of all of them.
Thewretched boy allowed himself to be led off to
the guardroom to besearched.
I do not supposethat either the bombs or the German
campaign in Greece have altered hisopinion. For some reason the officer instantly
decidedthat the brown-faced boy must be the thief. There is not the slightest doubt,
forinstance, about the behaviour of the Japanese in China. Between democracyand
totalitarianism, says Mussolini, there can be no compromise.
They happenedeven though Lord Halifax said they
happened. Still, I did not shoot partly because of that detail aboutthe
trousers.
When Wells was young,the antithesis between science
and reaction was not false.
No, you couldnt; but you might if you had bothbeen
through some emotionally widening experience. But more is involved than the fate of
the coloured peoples.
Itwas a time when generous feelings and gestures
were easier than theyordinarily are.
Yet in a way, horribleas all this was, it was
unimportant. That is why all Fascist writers for years past have agreed that
Englandspower must be destroyed. The sang-froid with which London faced the bombing
of Madrid! I have little direct evidence about the atrocities in the Spanish
civilwar. For a few minutes I had half believed himto be a thief, and that could not
be wiped out.
I name those particular men because I rememberthe
faces of all of them.
There is, for instance,no such thing as
Science.
That is why all Fascist writers for years past have
agreed that Englandspower must be destroyed. Instantly I was surrounded by a ring of
shouting men: Fascist! Later thebulk of them were to make other transitions equally
violent. It is important to realise that now, and to graspwhat it entails. It is
important to realise that now, and to graspwhat it entails. It would be betterto be
sure on that point before frivolously siding with the enemy. Later thebulk of them
were to make other transitions equally violent.
To survive you often have tofight, and to fight you
have to dirty yourself.
In general, two blacks make a white,half a loaf is
the same as no bread.
Churchills estimate of theBolsheviks, however, was
nearer the mark than Wellss. He was half-dressed and was holding up histrousers with
both hands as he ran.