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21 " there followed a period lasting for about three months of Turkish hesitation and delay, having the effect of consummate duplicity "
― Winston S. Churchill , The World Crisis, Volume I: 1911 - 1914
22 " General Paris received from the representative of the Admiralty the command of the Royal Naval Division which he was destined to hold with so much honour until he fell grievously wounded in his trenches after three years’ war. This was the most important military command exercised in the great war by an officer of the Royal Marines. "
23 " I feared the wish was father to the thought. "
24 " Everything was duty. It was not merely that nothing else mattered. There was nothing else. One did one’s duty as well as one possibly could, be it great or small, and naturally one deserved no reward. "
25 " Once more now in the march of centuries Old England was to stand forth in battle against the mightiest thrones and dominations. Once more in defence of the liberties of Europe and the common right must she enter upon a voyage of great toil and hazard across waters uncharted, towards coasts unknown, guided only by the stars. Once more ‘the far-off line of storm-beaten ships’ was to stand between the Continental Tyrant and the dominion of the world. "
26 " When all was over, Torture and Cannibalism were the only two expedients that the civilized, scientific, Christian States had been able to deny themselves: and these were of doubtful utility. "
27 " The most damnable thing in the world is a servile copyist! "
28 " He was a cut flower in a vase; fair to see, yet bound to die, and to die very soon if the water was not constantly renewed. "
29 " It has been well said, ‘there is always more error than design in human affairs. "
30 " The great impediment to action is not discussion, but the want of that knowledge which is gained by discussion preparatory to action.’—PERICLES. "