Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911)
Protheroe, Ernest · London : Religious Tract Society · leaf 482
one can prove what the marine engineerwill achieve. The British Navy, our first line ofdefence, is the pride of our race, and we look to itto watch with jealous care that precious stoneset in the silver sea. Our war-vessels of to-dayare manned by men still feared for their breedand famous for their… … CHAPTER XXIII RAILWAYS AND STEAMSHIPS AIDMISSIONARY PROGRESS STEAM, whether on land or water, in only thecourse of a century, has worked wondersfor the material betterment of the world;it has annihilated distance, has promoted friendshipbetween peoples widely different in colour, thoughtand habit,…
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