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Here, putting the world right on broadcasting
Itself, is Mr. George Bernard Shaw
The politicians have not yet found out the microphone. They still
Imagine that they are addressing political meetings, and they don't
Understand that the microphone is the most wonderful telltale in the
World. If you speak insincerely to a political, say an election
Audience, the more insincere you are, the more hopelessly you're away
From all the facts of life, the more they'll cheer you and the more
They're delighted. But if you try that on the microphone, the
Microphone has a certain magic. It gives you away instantly
You hear the political ranter. You hear that his platitudes
Mean nothing and that he doesn't really believe them
And there's something more important. If you nerve yourself
To face the microphone by taking, say, half a glass of
Whiskey, the effect produced is that you are shockingly drunk
There's a pleasant moment the whole fleet lit up. When I say lit up
I mean lit up by fairy lamps. We've forgotten the whole roar of you
We've forgotten the roar of you. The whole thing is lit up by fairy
Lamps. It's a fantastic thing. It doesn't appear as tall. It's just
It's fairyland. The whole thing is fairyland. It's fairyland
And when I say a fleet is lit up, I mean she's out of the dark
The whole ship's out of the dark. The little lamps. I'm sorry
I will tell these people to shut up talking. What I mean to say is
The whole thing is lit up. It's fairyland. Each ship in our fleet
Now, why I think this is why. I think we're lucky to be out by a
Mile or so. Ships are all lit up. They're out of the dark. The whole
Lot. Even the destroyers are out. The old days, the destroyers used
To be outside my little kind of perimeter of light there. Nowadays
The destroyers are out. Now I can see the outside of them as well
In a second or two, we're going to fly along in a mile or so. And you
Can't possibly see to help their nose. You may tell my reaction and
Hear them go. Because I'm going to try and tell you what they look
Like as they go. At the moment, the whole huge fleet here, the thing
We saw this afternoon, this colossal thing, lit up by night. There's
Nothing between us and heaven. There's nothing at all. And the whole
Thing is in fairyland. It isn't true. It isn't ours. And as I said
The last time I tried to do it, it didn't get right. I was talking to
You a little bit carefully. And what happened is we started studying
Charts. We had a hundred, two hundred warships all around us together
Itself, is Mr. George Bernard Shaw
The politicians have not yet found out the microphone. They still
Imagine that they are addressing political meetings, and they don't
Understand that the microphone is the most wonderful telltale in the
World. If you speak insincerely to a political, say an election
Audience, the more insincere you are, the more hopelessly you're away
From all the facts of life, the more they'll cheer you and the more
They're delighted. But if you try that on the microphone, the
Microphone has a certain magic. It gives you away instantly
You hear the political ranter. You hear that his platitudes
Mean nothing and that he doesn't really believe them
And there's something more important. If you nerve yourself
To face the microphone by taking, say, half a glass of
Whiskey, the effect produced is that you are shockingly drunk
There's a pleasant moment the whole fleet lit up. When I say lit up
I mean lit up by fairy lamps. We've forgotten the whole roar of you
We've forgotten the roar of you. The whole thing is lit up by fairy
Lamps. It's a fantastic thing. It doesn't appear as tall. It's just
It's fairyland. The whole thing is fairyland. It's fairyland
And when I say a fleet is lit up, I mean she's out of the dark
The whole ship's out of the dark. The little lamps. I'm sorry
I will tell these people to shut up talking. What I mean to say is
The whole thing is lit up. It's fairyland. Each ship in our fleet
Now, why I think this is why. I think we're lucky to be out by a
Mile or so. Ships are all lit up. They're out of the dark. The whole
Lot. Even the destroyers are out. The old days, the destroyers used
To be outside my little kind of perimeter of light there. Nowadays
The destroyers are out. Now I can see the outside of them as well
In a second or two, we're going to fly along in a mile or so. And you
Can't possibly see to help their nose. You may tell my reaction and
Hear them go. Because I'm going to try and tell you what they look
Like as they go. At the moment, the whole huge fleet here, the thing
We saw this afternoon, this colossal thing, lit up by night. There's
Nothing between us and heaven. There's nothing at all. And the whole
Thing is in fairyland. It isn't true. It isn't ours. And as I said
The last time I tried to do it, it didn't get right. I was talking to
You a little bit carefully. And what happened is we started studying
Charts. We had a hundred, two hundred warships all around us together