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Excerpt from The Imperial British Navy How the Colonies Began, to Think Imperially Upon, the Future of the Navy
It is in the hope that such naval federation is at hand, and that it will be achieved with the consent of the several States forming the Empire, that this book has been written. It is a bringing together of the facts con nected with the Colonial attempts to found new Navies or to graft their help on to the British Navy. It is a survey of the past, but it is also intended to be a signpost for the future. My hope in writing it has been that I might make clear to the man in Birmingham and in Brisbane, in Pretoria and in Regina, that old but often forgotten truth that the sea is all one. Therefrom depends the great fact in the future defence of the Imperial Commonwealth - that our sea forces must be all one in spirit and in direction if not in actual details.
Let us be backed with God and with the seas Which He hath given us for fence impregnable, And with their helps only defend ourselves: In them and in ourselves our safety lies.
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It is in the hope that such naval federation is at hand, and that it will be achieved with the consent of the several States forming the Empire, that this book has been written. It is a bringing together of the facts con nected with the Colonial attempts to found new Navies or to graft their help on to the British Navy. It is a survey of the past, but it is also intended to be a signpost for the future. My hope in writing it has been that I might make clear to the man in Birmingham and in Brisbane, in Pretoria and in Regina, that old but often forgotten truth that the sea is all one. Therefrom depends the great fact in the future defence of the Imperial Commonwealth - that our sea forces must be all one in spirit and in direction if not in actual details.
Let us be backed with God and with the seas Which He hath given us for fence impregnable, And with their helps only defend ourselves: In them and in ourselves our safety lies.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
H. C. Ferraby
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780656359295
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 351
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Contributors
Author
H. C. Ferraby
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330609668
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 353
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