This England

Extract from an article bj

Dr. Arthur Bryant, CBE, LED, ir

the “Sunday Times,” London

Oct. 21. 1951.

WHAT do we mean by England?

We do not mean merely a countrj or a great Power.

We mean a continuing society thal stands for, transmits and guards a waj of life.

That way of life is founded on the ideal, derived from Christianity, thal every man, whatever his creed, calling 01 station, has a soul entitled to respect, freedom and justice.

Totalitarian tyranny, class hatred, the deliberate propagation of lies and the denial of justice in the name of any kind of corporate uniformity, are affronts and threats to that ideal and way of life.

Again and again, though always sadly England has drawn the sword when her ideal or way of life has been challenged, . . These, expressed in social and political Iforms, have been growing and taking shape all through our history; in the blending of Saxon liberty with Norman discipline and sense of obligation, in the Itempering of monarchical orders with Parliamentary debate and independent Judiciary, in the widening of the bounds of democratic representation and privilege In the evolution of empire into self governing yet partner nations.

And all through our history England has remained a cohesive force, ready, whenever need arose, to safeguard that priceless living legacy by unity and sacri fice.

It is unthinkable that this majestif and historic flood of freedom and justice "Should perish and to evil and to good!

Be lost for ever.”