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...Prime Minister Smuts heard that Pierre Laval's rise to power in Vichy had been followed by a reign of terror in Madagascar, in which hundreds of Free French sympathizers were arrested. Prime Minister Smuts thereupon broke relations with Vichy, saying ''we do not cease to cherish a firm faith in the resurrection of France." It was rumored that South African troops would soon be sent to take Madagascar for the United Nations...
Circulated through Norway was a secretly printed manifesto which called imprisoned Eivind Berggrav "more than ever our Bishop and spiritual leader," .roundly declared: "A fight is on, a deadly fight between irreconcilable opponents, between Christians and barbarians, a fight for everything which we love and cherish, against brutality and lawlessness, a fight which will make the Nazi hangmen tremble. . . . The fight of the Norwegian Church is Norway's fight, for the whole of Norway is united behind the Church...
...citizens we gratefully acknowledge a priceless national heritage of freedom and democratic ideals for which earlier generations struggled and sacrificed. We cherish this heritage more deeply when we see it attacked by a totalitarian threat. We are resolved to defend it from the menace of rival systems from without and from the degradation of abuse or neglect from within...
...said that we are helping the British Empire defend the ideal of a free society which is built on a profound faith in the significance of the individual, the basis of our University tradition. "It is, therefore, for a two-fold reason a primary duty of a university to cherish this faith and strengthen it by words and deeds...
...conclusion he remarked, "It is the duty of an academic group to tolerate extreme diversity and protect the rights of individual opinion. Yet a college must cherish the development of that type of individual whose strength lies both in independence and critical self-appraisal. It must foster the growth of that attitude which seeks neither security nor leisure but, disregarding hard-ships, welcomes each new challenge. In playing our part we at Harvard carry out our historic mission...