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... peace of 1815 there have been grave warnings . When in 1854 , in obedience to the demands of the press , and with- out the smallest idea of the military requirements , the nation entered upon the Crimean War in the train of Napoleon the ...
... peace of 1815 there have been grave warnings . When in 1854 , in obedience to the demands of the press , and with- out the smallest idea of the military requirements , the nation entered upon the Crimean War in the train of Napoleon the ...
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... peace to one of war , new units have to be created and equipped , Our Militia is more than 20,000 men below its establishment and is short of officers . Its battalions can be embodied by Royal Proclamation to meet a pressing need , but ...
... peace to one of war , new units have to be created and equipped , Our Militia is more than 20,000 men below its establishment and is short of officers . Its battalions can be embodied by Royal Proclamation to meet a pressing need , but ...
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... peace ; and the first right to enlist in a regular corps raised in England should attract to the ranks of the Volunteers many adventurous spirits . If it be feared that the alteration would reduce the number of Volunteers , there seems ...
... peace ; and the first right to enlist in a regular corps raised in England should attract to the ranks of the Volunteers many adventurous spirits . If it be feared that the alteration would reduce the number of Volunteers , there seems ...
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... peace as a necessity , when peace would mean for us the beginning of decay . There are others again who have used , and will use still more , this occasion for flouting our generals in the field ; they will say that they do not know how ...
... peace as a necessity , when peace would mean for us the beginning of decay . There are others again who have used , and will use still more , this occasion for flouting our generals in the field ; they will say that they do not know how ...
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... peace in South Africa without this war , and much as the loss of brave men on both sides is to be deplored , the sacrifice will not be in vain . The mission of our race in South Africa will be fulfilled in the peace and prosperity of ...
... peace in South Africa without this war , and much as the loss of brave men on both sides is to be deplored , the sacrifice will not be in vain . The mission of our race in South Africa will be fulfilled in the peace and prosperity of ...
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Page 150 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.
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Page 66 - AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that there be some of them that stand here which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
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Page 504 - The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.