Excerpt from Smith on Preparedness
New Year's eve, and well into the next day, Smith sat in his room and thought about preparedness.
The holiday season was different from any he could remember. The shops had bigger crowds than they had a year ago. More people on the train carried brown-paper parcels. People were much more cheerful. They were no longer waiting for Prosperity. They knew that Prosperity was here. Last year they had to force the holiday spirit. Now they were happy without trying.
But not all the time.
There was a shadow upon the holiday making. Smith's neighbor in the train would be talking of the revival of business, bumper crops, overflowing exports, and suddenly he would spy a fat headline across the aisle and remark that we were unprepared. Thereupon all hands would proceed to feel miserable.
Unprepared for what?
Unprepared for everything. Unprepared for the German fleet when it chooses to come over. Unprepared for the British fleet when that comes over.
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