Five months have passed (1) I spoke to the British nation and Empire on the broadcast. In war time there is a lot to be said for the motto “Deeds, (2) Words.” All the same, it is a good thing to look around from time to time and take stock. And certainly our affairs have prospered (3) several directions during these last four or five months far better than most of us would have ventured to hope. We stood our ground and faced the two dictators in the hour of what seemed their overwhelming triumph and we have shown ourselves capable, so far, of standing up (4) them alone. prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" ?xml:namespace> (5) the heavy defeat of the German Air Force by our fighters in August and September, Hitler did not dare attempt the invasion of this island, although he had every need to do (6) and although he had made vast preparations. Baffled in this grandiose project, he sought to break the spirit of the British nation by the bombing, first of London and afterward (7) our great cities. It has now been proved (8) the admiration of the world and of our friends in the United States that this form of blackmail and murder and terrorism, so far from weakening the spirit of the (9) nation, has only roused it to a more intense and universal flame than was ever seen (10) in any modern community.