Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 72: July-December, 1852
If other governments and people could be brought to take the same view of this subject, the doctrines of the Manchester School of politicians would perhaps be well founded, and the world in general, discarding all idea of wars or rumours of wars, might rest in tranquillity, in the well-founded expectation of perpetual and universal peace. But if other nations are not animated with the same ideas - nay, if their warlike pro pensities are every day increasing in ardour, while ours are declining, our situation, it must be evident to every considerate observer, is daily booom ing more alarming. Our wealth, upon which we so much pride our selves, and to the increase of which we are willing to sacrifice everything, would then become the main source of our weakness - our fame, which alone has hitherto protected us, the greatest increase to our danger. The first would excite cupidity, from the prospect of gratifying it without dan ger; the second inspire revenge, from the hope of achieving it without dis grace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
