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Description:Excerpt from The Free Seas in A Talk to the Men and Women of Great Britain on the Freedom of the Seas; Together With Extracts From the Writings and Speeches of David UrquhartBut the point is this, that although France and England have fought upon the sea for many a long year, yet in the past both were working to the same end, that the sea should be free in time of peace. And so it is her right, now the centuries of falling out are over, to look to England to make common cause with her against the common enemy, for she has two coasts to guard as well as a land frontier.And yet this enemy wants to take control of the sea, and has appropriated the expression Freedom of the Sea to his own militant vocabulary. Being the clever enemy he is, it is not surprising that he has achieved some measure of success; has made some foolish folk believe that we are busy destroying what we ourselves created. So successful, that when men talk now of the Freedom of the Sea they must label it English or German to make their meaning plain.The German accuses us of much wickedness in the past. Our supremacy at sea has been won, so he says, by unfair means. We are not the gracious Mistress of the Sea which we proclaim ourselves, but an unscrupulous Tyrant. It is not very grateful, for the German's economic existence, since he first learned to sail ships, has depended on our free gift. And it is not even original, but only a feeble echo of what Bonaparte used to say, and he failed to prove it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Free Seas in War: A Talk to the men and Women of Great Britain on the Freedom of the Seas. To get started finding The Free Seas in War: A Talk to the men and Women of Great Britain on the Freedom of the Seas, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The Free Seas in A Talk to the Men and Women of Great Britain on the Freedom of the Seas; Together With Extracts From the Writings and Speeches of David UrquhartBut the point is this, that although France and England have fought upon the sea for many a long year, yet in the past both were working to the same end, that the sea should be free in time of peace. And so it is her right, now the centuries of falling out are over, to look to England to make common cause with her against the common enemy, for she has two coasts to guard as well as a land frontier.And yet this enemy wants to take control of the sea, and has appropriated the expression Freedom of the Sea to his own militant vocabulary. Being the clever enemy he is, it is not surprising that he has achieved some measure of success; has made some foolish folk believe that we are busy destroying what we ourselves created. So successful, that when men talk now of the Freedom of the Sea they must label it English or German to make their meaning plain.The German accuses us of much wickedness in the past. Our supremacy at sea has been won, so he says, by unfair means. We are not the gracious Mistress of the Sea which we proclaim ourselves, but an unscrupulous Tyrant. It is not very grateful, for the German's economic existence, since he first learned to sail ships, has depended on our free gift. And it is not even original, but only a feeble echo of what Bonaparte used to say, and he failed to prove it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Free Seas in War: A Talk to the men and Women of Great Britain on the Freedom of the Seas. To get started finding The Free Seas in War: A Talk to the men and Women of Great Britain on the Freedom of the Seas, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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