...may arise which human foresight cannot reach . . . but unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when from the situation of Europe we might more reasonably expect fifieen years of peace than we may at the present moment.' 2 The Cassandra warnings of Burke were indeed...

...only sixteen thousand seamen and marines. " Unquestionably," said he, "there never was a time in the history of this country, when, from the situation...more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than at the present moment." When the war with Germany began, Great Britain proclaimed and steadily maintained...

...he declared that : " Unquestionably there , never was a time in the history of this country when/ _ from the situation of Europe we might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than at the presenf moment." This, it may be said, is a random expression in debate. Even in a budget speech,...

...Unquestionably,' said Pitt, in his famous Budget speech of this period, ' there never was a time in the history of this country when from the situation of...more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than at the present moment.'* Not a whisper was yet heard of British intervention in the quarrel between...

...there never was a time in the history of this country when, from the situation of Europe, they might reasonably expect fifteen years' of peace than we may at the present time. It was true that Burns, like hosts of lovers of liberty in these islands, like Wordsworth and...

...only sixteen thousand seamen and marines. " Unquestionably," said he, "there never was a time in the history of this country, when, from the situation of Europe, we might more reasonably expect fiftet-n years of peace than at the present moment. " When the war with Germany began, Great Britain...

...of our present prosperity during such an interval, yet unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when, from the situation of...years of peace than we may at the present moment." He reduced the navy and looked forward to general reduction of armaments, abolition of customs duties,...

...his vote for the navy, and told the House of Commons, " unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when, from the situation of...more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than at the present moment >. ' " The ' longer I work at politics," said Bismarck, " the less do I believe...

...unhesitatingly expressed his conviction in Parliament, that " unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country, when, from the situation...more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than at the present moment." In like manner, when war had become inevitable, he pointed with his accustomed...

...his annual budget in the House of Commons, declared, "Unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when, from the situation of...more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace, than at the present moment." Yet within a twelvemonth after this utterance, apparently sincere, France and...