 That is just what they cannot do. We have the material, not only for forming an enormous army, but for furnishing it with officers. " We have a corps of officers such as no other Power has. When we undertake a war it must be a people's war which all approve,...  Bismarck - Page 465by Sir Charles Grant Robertson - 1919 - 539 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Orlando Williams Wight - Europe - 1888 - 612 pages
...German bayonets think, and know when, where, and how to strike. "We have the material," said Bismarck, "not only for forming an enormous army, but for furnishing it with officers. We have corps of officers such as no other power has." Germany is taking the lead in commerce, as well as in... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1889 - 676 pages
...aid of which we shall be able to place a million good soldiers on each of our frontiers. Behind them stand our reserves. It must not be said, ' Others...flame out, and no one can make head against that. Neither the consciousness of our strength nor our hope of victory can restrain us from continuing our... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1889 - 668 pages
...aid of which we shall be able to place a million good soldiers on each of our frontiers. Behind them stand our reserves. It must not be said, ' Others...all approve, as in 1870. If we are attacked, then the/«ror teutonicus will flame out, and no one can make head against that. Neither the consciousness... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1889 - 662 pages
...aid of which we shall be able to place a million good soldiers on each of our frontiers. Behind them stand our reserves. It must not be said, ' Others...all approve, as in 1870. If we are attacked, then the/«ror teutonicus will flame out, and no one can make head against that. Neither the consciousness... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - Naval art and science - 1908 - 440 pages
...in a very recent speech : " It must not be said," urged he, " that other nations can do what we can. That is just what they cannot do. We have the material,...have a corps of officers such as no other Power has." The higher we head, the higher we shall fetch. Intended Programme of Naval War College for Session... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1889 - 674 pages
...aid of which we shall be able to place a million good soldiers on each of our frontiers. Behind them stand our reserves. It must not be said, ' Others...flame out, and no one can make head against that. Neither the consciousness of our strength nor our hope of victory can restrain us from continuing our... | |
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