There was no reason, yet, to suppose they would wish to cross ...
There was no reason, yet, to suppose they would wish to cross it, but six months before there had been no reason to suppose they would fall on France.
If the Almighty, with whose designs the new Emperor showed so intimate a familiarity, chose to
direct a crusade
on London, it was reasonably certain that the Army could not oppose him / her and not quite clear whether the Navy could stop him / her.' The prudence of Bismarck gave better assurance of the peace of Europe and the security of England. Fortunately, at a time when the country might easily have run into panic, the War Office was in the hands of one of Peel's best pupils, Vincent Cardwell.The loss of the Captain in 1870 had raised grave doubts as to the efficiency of our naval administration.
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But its main strategy must be oceanic and its diplomacy will naturally ...
But its main strategy must be oceanic and its diplomacy will naturally aim at friendship with the chief military power of the Continent. Only when that power grows
How near in truth she was to India was a question few ...
How near in truth she was to India was a question few could answer. But the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869 had opened a new route from India to England, and on its flank lay Cons