Excerpt from The Navy: Its Place in British History Of these sovereigns in turn was checked in his soaring plans by British Sea Power. For this reason war between Britain and foreign Powers has always been war on foreign soil. Other nations when invaded must fight on their own soil. The British soldier is conveyed to battle on the back of a British sailor. The inconvenience and suffering of war at home have thus been Saved or confined to the pay ment of taxes. Behind the protection of the navy, generations have grown up ...
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Excerpt from The Navy: Its Place in British History Of these sovereigns in turn was checked in his soaring plans by British Sea Power. For this reason war between Britain and foreign Powers has always been war on foreign soil. Other nations when invaded must fight on their own soil. The British soldier is conveyed to battle on the back of a British sailor. The inconvenience and suffering of war at home have thus been Saved or confined to the pay ment of taxes. Behind the protection of the navy, generations have grown up ignorant of war. For that reason many good people believe that kind words and courtesy to foreigners are much cheaper than, and just as useful as, a strong and efficient navy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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