The Isle of Man Gibraltar Malta St. Helena Barbados Cyprus the Channel Islands the British Army Navy: Historical Political and Geographical History (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Isle of Man Gibraltar Malta St. Helena Barbados Cyprus the Channel Islands the British Army Navy: Historical Political and Geographical History<br><br>Messrs. Kegan paul co. Have I think done a good service in publishing this Series. If our great Empire is to be preserved it must be understood; and some of our wars would have been avoided if others had understood us better. The Boers of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State would never have attacked us if they had not been grievously and wickedly misled as to our intentions and grossly ignorant of our strength and resources.<br><br>The rapidity with which we have placed an im mense and well-equipped force in the field at a distance Of 6000 miles has indeed been a surprise to every one and even I think to ourselves though we knew that in the words Of an American statesman our ?ag waves on every sea and in every port and the morning drum-beat of her soldiers following the sun and keep ing company with the hours circles the earth with one continuous strain of the martial airs Of England.<br><br>To maintain that Army and Navy in full efficiency is a duty which I doubt not we Shall perform; but if our Empire is to be permanent it must rest not on force but on justice and be held together by the sym pathy and goodwill Of all its parts.<br><br>The history Of the world is full Of warnings. Other great empires have risen and fallen again and if we are to escape their fate we must avoid their errors.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.