. Battles of the nineteenth century . aves ofour book, and pass from battle to battle. Weshall go as we please —passing from Plevna toAusterlitz, from Bull Run to Gravelotte, just as the spirit moves us, and unfettered by sequenceeither of date or place. Now we shall followthe fortunes of the Great Napoleon, now ofNapoleon the Little ; now of Wellington,now of Roberts and Wolseley ; now of Moltke,Skobeleff, MacMahon, Sherman, Garibaldi. Atone moment we shall be listening to the thunderof a broadside from the Victory, at the nextto the bombardment of Alexandria. We shallpass from the shots and
. Battles of the nineteenth century . aves ofour book, and pass from battle to battle. Weshall go as we please —passing from Plevna toAusterlitz, from Bull Run to Gravelotte, just as the spirit moves us, and unfettered by sequenceeither of date or place. Now we shall followthe fortunes of the Great Napoleon, now ofNapoleon the Little ; now of Wellington,now of Roberts and Wolseley ; now of Moltke,Skobeleff, MacMahon, Sherman, Garibaldi. Atone moment we shall be listening to the thunderof a broadside from the Victory, at the nextto the bombardment of Alexandria. We shallpass from the shots and shells of civilised warfareto the assegais and spears of the Zulu, thehatchets of the Maori, the knives of the Sou-danese. We shall see all the glories of war,deeds of daring and heroism, acts of noble self-sacrifice and devotion ; but we shall see alsothat reverse side of the picture which shouldindeed be engraved still deeper on our minds:we shall see that its glories are outweighed byits horrors, its sufferings, its 22
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