Hannay, David, 1853-1934 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 174
n that of those who die in war a very smallpart ever felt the stroke of an enemy ; the rest languishedin tents and ships amid damps and putrefactions ; pale,torpid, spiritless, helpless, groping and groaning, unpitiedamong men, made obdurate by long continuance of hopelessmisery, and were at last… … IN THE EASTERN SEAS 145 silently dispeopled, and armies sluggishly melted away.*Early trade was a kind of war, and subject to its laws. Ofthe thousands and tens of thousands who died to preparethe expansion of modem commerce, only a comparativelysmall part felt the stroke of an enemy or perished…
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