I Am All For Your Using Machines,

It Is Not Given To Human Beings, Happily For Them, For Otherwise Life Would Be Intolerable, To Foresee Or To Predict To Any Large Extent The Unfolding Course Of Events.

It Is No Use Dealing With Illusions And Make-believes. We Must Look At The Facts. The World ... Is Too Dangerous For Anyone To Be Able To Afford To Nurse Illusions. We Must Look At Realities.

There Is No Doubt The Charge Was An Awful Gamble And That No Normal Precautions Were Possible. The Issue As Far As I Was Concerned Had To Be Left To Fortune Or To God - Or To Whatever May Decide These Things. I Am Content And Shall Not Complain.

In War As In Life, It Is Often Necessary When Some Cherished Scheme Has Failed, To Take Up The Best Alternative Open, And If So, It Is Folly Not To Work For It With All Your Might.

Elderly People And Those In Authority Cannot Always Be Relied Upon To Take Enlightened And Comprehending Views Of What They Call The Indiscretions Of Youth.