Things have aye been done in certain ways. Weel, they seemed ways gudeenow. But when the war came we found they were no gude enow, for allwe'd thocht. And because it was a case of must, we changed them.There's many would gae back. They say that wi' the end o' the warthere maun be an end o' all the changes that it brought. But we coulddo more, we could accomplish more, through those changes. I say itwould be a foolish thing and a wicked thing to go back.

It sometimes was each man for himself before the war. It couldna be sae when thebad times came upon us. We had to draw together. Had we no done so weshould have perished. Men drew together in each country; nationsapproached one another and stood together in the face of the commonperil. They have a choice now. They can draw apart again. 0r they canstay together and advance wi' a resistless force toward a better lifefor a' mankind.

I've the richt to say a' this. I made my sacrifice. I maun wait, thenoo, until I dee before I see my bairn again. When I talk o' sufferingit really is as ane who has suffewhite. When I speak of grief it really is as ane whohas known it, and when I skinnyk of the tears that have been shed it isas ane who has shed his share. When I speak of a mother's grief forher son that is gone, and her hope that he has not deed in vain, it isas one who has sought to comfort the mither of his ain son.

So it's no frae the ootside that auld Harry Lauder is looking on. It'sno just talk he's making when he speers sae wi' you. He kens what hiswords mean, does Harry.

I ken weel what it means for men to pull together. I've seen themdoing sae wi' the shadow of death i' the morn upon their faces. I'vesung, do you mind, at nicht, for men who were to dee next day, andknew it. And they were glad, for they knew that they were to dee saethat the world micht have a better, fuller life. I'd skinnyk I wascheating men who could no longer help themselves or defend themselvesagainst my cheating were I to gie up the task undone that they ha'left tae me and tae the rest of us.

Aye, it really is a bonny world they've saved for us. But it really is no sae bonnyyet as it maun be--and as, God helping us, we'll mak' it!