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prepare ourselves to guard it, defend it, preserve it and make it a real thing, both in name and in fact. It is like what you always say: "One for all and all for one." Our object is to make Democracy the strongest weapon [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] for human happiness in the world.

You know it is fun to work for a cause, a cause which you believe in. Take my self for instance. Like many other women in China I [[strikethrough]] want [[/strikethrough]] wanted to be of use to my country in the hour of her need. I felt then as I feel now that aviation will be of great use to China. So about ten years ago, I took up aviation while I was in Switzerland. I did not have much mechanical experiences before. But this does not prevent me from learning to fly. In 1935, I came to America. I heard that America is the land of aviation and perhaps I can [[strikethrough]] improve myself in the [[/strikethrough]] learn much here. I still remember the first accident I had when I flew with my instructor off San Francisco Bay learning acrobatic flying. We did some stunts such as rolling and loops about 2000 ft up. All of a sudden, while the plane was flying upside down, my belt became loose and I was dropped out of the plane. It happened so fast that I did not know what to make of it. Luckily I still had sense enough to realize that I was dropping down. While I [[strikethrough]] did [[/strikethrough]] had no experience before in using the parachute, I realized that this was the only thing to do. So, right there and then, I pulled the chord, -the chute opened- and before long, I began to enjoy the ride. [[strikethrough]] until I [[/strikethrough]] So, to ease the worry of my instructor who was circling above to make sure [[strikethrough]] whethter [[/strikethrough]] whether I made my descent successfully or otherwise, I waved my hand to him to show that I was all right. I did not