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some future party dispute--we are all in this for good or 
      ill. We all come through it together. Very often I say these 
      troubles have arisen at a moment of success at a period when 
      no one can doubt what the ultimate result will be and it is the 
      duty of all parties to rouse themselves to their highest sense 
      of their obligations and of the services which this house has 
            already rendered to the cause of freedom.       
 
                                                            
 
 
At a time like this it is necessary to concentrate with clarity 
      and command and mental perseverance upon the main practical issues 
      with which we are confronted and upon which we hope and believe 
      we are with whom we are grappling? Should it be unconditional 
      surrender or should we make some accommodation with them through 
      a negotiated peace leaving them free to in accord with our principal 
      Allies. What for instance should be our attitude towards the 
      terrible foes regather their strength for a renewal of the struggle 
      after a few uneasy years? The principle of unconditional surrender 
      was proclaimed by the President of the United States at Casablanca 
      and I endorsed it there and then on behalf of this country. I 
      am sure it was right at the time us, which are all, decided in 
      our favour now. Should it was used when many things hung in the 
      balance against we then modify this declaration which was made 
      in days of comparative weakness and lack of success now that 
      we have reached a' period of mastery and