For 10 points, name this Winston Churchill speech which declared that the Battle of Britain was about to begin.
One section of this speech refers to Marvell's Horatian Ode by quoting "He nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable scene" before outlining "solid, practical grounds" for "inflexible resolve." This speech declares that "freedom will be restored to all" because the listeners will "not one jot or tittle" recede their demands. The end of this speech warns of the possibility of a Dark Age made "perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science" and that "upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization". This speech declared that "what General (*) Weygand (vay-GAHN) had called the Battle of France was over" and that if the British Empire lasts for a thousand years, "men will still say" that the present was the title superlative time period. For 10 points, name this Winston Churchill speech which declared that the Battle of Britain was about to begin.
One section of this speech refers to Marvell's Horatian Ode by quoting "He nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable scene" before outlining "solid, practical grounds" for "inflexible resolve.
"this was their finest hour" [accept "Churchill's speech before the Battle of Britain" before mention, prompt on anything mentioning Churchill and World War II]