Martha Gellhorn's revelatory road trip across America

Two reports from London on a historic day in world history.

Absence of thought is the chief enemy to freedom of mind.

The future of the profound American desire for peace is a topic which is intimately connected with the war itself.

I do not say that we did wrong in repudiating the German ideals, I only want to know what our repudiation means. It seemed intuitive rather than deliberate.

American opinion, in its anxiety to find who struck the match that started the blaze of war, has tended to ignore the nature and quantity of the fuel.

The American people were as ill-prepared to meet the spiritual challenge of the war as they were to protect themselves against its distressing economic effects.