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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1815. Excerpt: ... completely by surprise. It is usual for those who justify the ruinous delays which preceded our declaration of war, to assert that reasons of state, and an infinity of other secret causes, of which the public could have no knowledge, rendered them not only just but necessary._ This mode of defending public measures has been resorted to so very often, that people at length begin to think for themselves, and form their judgment, not from reviewing a few cabinet secrets, but on the broad basis of national honour and public law. Besides, let us cast our eyes to the history of all countries that have acquired greatness, every page exhibits proofs of decision, and strength of mind and action to which they were indebted for their pre-eminence. The heroism which saved Greece on the field of Mycale; Rome, after the battle of Canna;; which insured the safety of our own country, when threatened by the formidable power of Philip the II. of Spain; and finally, Lord Nelson's attack upon Copenhagen, are only a few of the many proofs upon record, that, promptness and decision are amongst the first of political virtues. There are, it catonot be denied, a variety of circumstances which frequently preclude the possibility of a timely declaration of war, or adoption of those precautions most likely to promote a favourable result when once begun. But when the hitherto unsullied honour of that flag, upon the preservation of which we have been long taught to place our principal glory, is at stake, what earthly consideration was there that could possibly justify a line of conduct calculated to compromise all that was dear to Englishmen? The energies of the country, and hereditary valour of the people, were anxious to second the wishes of government long before it determined on a...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781235726255
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 34
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235726258
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 82 gr


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