Ottawa - a sub-arctic lumber-village converted by royal mandate into a political cockpit.
Goldwin SmithThe Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.
Goldwin SmithNever had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a real duty there.
Goldwin Smith