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Phipps re: Goering “the chief impression was that of the most pathetic naïveté of General Goering, who showed us his toys like a big, fat, spoilt child… And then I remembered there were other toys, less innocent though winged, and these might some day be launched on their murderous mission in the same childlike spirit and with the same childlike glee.”

Assiduity = constant or close application or effort; diligence; industry.

Here was the kicker: “It would be better for him and it would be better for us if he no longer existed.”