That is the aim which, if it is achieved, will justify the exertions of
the war and will make some amends to the world for the loss and
suffering, the agony of suffering, which it has wrought and entailed,
and which will give to those who come after us not only the pride which
we hope they will feel in remembering the martial achievements of the
present age of Britain, but which will give them also a better and
fairer world to live in and a Europe free from the causes of hatred and
unrest which have poisoned the comity of nations and ruptured the peace
of Christendom.
The Unity of the Empire.
I use these words because this is a war in which we are all together,
[cheers,] all classes, all races, all States, principalities, dominions,
and powers throughout the British Empire--we are all together. [Cheers.]
Years ago the elder Pitt urged upon his countrymen the compulsive
invocation, "Be one people." It has taken us till now to obey his
appeal, but now we are together, and while we remain one people there
are no forces in the world strong enough to beat us down or break us up.
[Cheers.]
I hope, even in this dark hour of strife and struggle, that the unity
which has been established in our country under the pressure of war will
not cease when the great military effort upon which we are engaged and
the great moral causes which we are pursuing have been achieved.
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