"What though the powers the world doth hold
Were all against us met,
We have the might they felt of old,
And England's England yet."
Is it not strange that music-hall jingoism and chauvinisme should not only be expressed in the same manner, but by the very same words?
[2] I take the word "admiration" in the Latin sense of "wonder."
[3] The Germanic hordes, which overran Gaul in the fifth century, did not succeed in changing our language or character. On the contrary, the barbarians were civilized by contact with us, and adopted our language, instead of imposing theirs upon us. In Great Britain, the case was different: the absorption was complete: from the fifth to the ninth century, the island was perfectly Germanic.
[4] In our National Schools (Écoles Communales), the prizes often take the form of sums of money, which are deposited in the Savings Bank in the child's name.
[5] England makes colonies for the exportation of her goods and for her surplus population; France makes colonies for the wholesale exportation of her officials. In Annam, there are 1000 French Colonists, 4500 French soldiers, and 2000 French officials.
[6] "La Reforme Intellectuelle et Morale."
[7] Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
[8] Everybody knows that, at Guernsey, Victor Hugo had an Irish Catholic cook, and that the illustrious poet abstained from meat on Fridays, not to offend his faithful servant.
[9] Some two hundred years ago, a king was taken to Whitehall to be beheaded for wishing to govern without his people; but here was a future king who had come there to see the people try to overthrow the House of Lords.—Tempora mutantur.