excerpt from Never Give In
by Winston Churchill
British prime minister Winston Churchill gave this speech at the Harrow School on October 29, 1941, during World War II.
"But for everyone, surely, what we have gone through in this period-I am addressing myself to the School-surely from this period of ten months this is the
lesson: never give in, never give in, never,
never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty- never give in except to convictions of honour and
good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to
the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. We stood all alone a year ago, and to
many countries it
seemed that our account was closed, we were
finished. All this tradition of ours, our songs, our School history, this part of the history of this
country, were
gone and finished and liquidated.
"Very different is the mood today. Britain, other nations thought, had drawn a sponge across her slate. But instead our country stood in the gap. There was no
flinching and no thought of giving in;
and by what seemed almost a miracle to those outside these Islands, though we ourselves never doubted it, we now
find ourselves in a position where
I say that we can be sure that we have only to persevere to conquer."
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by Winston Churchill
British prime minister Winston Churchill gave this speech at the Harrow School on October 29, 1941, during World War II.
"But for everyone, surely, what we have gone through in this period-I am addressing myself to the School-surely from this period of ten months this is the
lesson: never give in, never give in, never,
never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty- never give in except to convictions of honour and
good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to
the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. We stood all alone a year ago, and to
many countries it
seemed that our account was closed, we were
finished. All this tradition of ours, our songs, our School history, this part of the history of this
country, were
gone and finished and liquidated.
"Very different is the mood today. Britain, other nations thought, had drawn a sponge across her slate. But instead our country stood in the gap. There was no
flinching and no thought of giving in;
and by what seemed almost a miracle to those outside these Islands, though we ourselves never doubted it, we now
find ourselves in a position where
I say that we can be sure that we have only to persevere to conquer."
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Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.
Read the excerpt. Then choose the best way to complete the sentences.
The author's voice is _
The phrase _
exemplifies this voice.