Can You Guess Him?

THESE lines are from a very well known book, by a very well-known man. But the editor bets that you cannot guess the book or the writer:— “The spirit of the British nation enables it to carry through to victory any struggle it once enters upon, no matter how long such a struggle may last, or however great the sacrifices that may be necessary, or yihatever the means that have to be employed; and all this though the actual equipment at hand may be entirely inadequate compared with that of other nations ”

For the answer, see page 40.