Syne then no foreign invader has e'er set foot in Britain.

Not till they droppit frae the skies frae Zeppelins and German Gothas ha' armed men stood on British soil in centuries--and they, the baby killers frae the skies, were no alarming when they came doon to earth.
Now, wull we be changing all the things all our centuries ha' taught us to be good and useful?
Maybe we wull.

Change is life, and all living things maun change, just as a man's whole body is changed in every seven years, they tell us.

But change that is healthy is gradual, too.
Here's a thing I've had tae tak' note of.

I went aboot a great deal during the war, in Britain and in America.