At this grave moment of our national history I send to you, and through you to the officers and men of the Fleets of which you have assumed command, the assurance of my confidence that, under your direction, they will revive and renew the old glories of the Royal Navy and prove once again the sure shield of Britain and of her Empire in the hour of trial.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "At this grave moment of our national history I send to you, and through you to the officers and men of the Fleets of which you have assumed command, the assurance of my confidence that, under your direction, they will revive and renew the old glories of the Royal Navy and prove once again the sure shield of Britain and of her Empire in the hour of trial." in the context of "Signal to Sir John Jellicoe (5 August 1914), quoted in Harold Nicolson, King George the Fifth: His Life and Reign (1953), p. 257" to mean that wisdom is timeless.