A Merchant Fleet at War (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Hurd, Archibald

9780260613776: A Merchant Fleet at War (Classic Reprint)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0260613770 ISBN 13: 9780260613776

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Excerpt from A Merchant Fleet at War

The story of the contribution which British seamen have made to the happiness and well being of the world can never be half told, and these pages form merely a footnote to one of the most glorious epics in human annals. They go forth in the hope that they may help to perpetuate those sterling virtues which find increasing expression in the British race throughout the world. James Anthony Froude once declared that all that this country has achieved in the course of three centuries has been due to her predominance as an ocean power. Take away her merchant fleets; take away the navy that guards them; her empire will come to an end; her colonies will fall off like leaves from a withered tree; and Britain will become once more an insignificant island in the North sea. So I hope this book may be regarded not merely as a footnote to history, but may remind all and sundry of the priceless heritage which our seamen of all classes and degrees have left in our keeping.

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