From ‘The Zeppelin Raid on London’, The Spectator, 5 June 1915:
LONDON is to be complimented on having come through its first Zeppelin raid with complete composure and little material damage. We have always assumed that the raids so far have been trial trips, and we have little doubt that the Germans mean to come again with more aircraft and more bombs. The self-possession of London will not be by any means diminished by this prospect. It is indeed the acceptance of something as inevitable which creates coolness. The conditions which throw people into an agony of speculation as to their chances of escape are present only when the danger is something that may be evaded by good luck or precaution. Once the fact is grasped that Zeppelin raids are a certainty which nothing can prevent, they are regarded rather as the visitations of Nature—earthquakes, hurricanes, and thunderstorms.
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