Excerpt from Trinity College School Record, Vol. 31: March, 1929 The words that won the war and even now epitomize the spirit of the British Empire. Those of us who saw that great struggle of 1914-18 realise the true significance of these words; those of us whose fathers and brothers fought must possess the blood that pulsed more courageously, under that very prosaic stimulus: 'carry on.' Ten years ago on the Continent and the Seven Seas again and again the task loomed up hopeless and 'carry on' was the cry: half sinking ...
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Excerpt from Trinity College School Record, Vol. 31: March, 1929 The words that won the war and even now epitomize the spirit of the British Empire. Those of us who saw that great struggle of 1914-18 realise the true significance of these words; those of us whose fathers and brothers fought must possess the blood that pulsed more courageously, under that very prosaic stimulus: 'carry on.' Ten years ago on the Continent and the Seven Seas again and again the task loomed up hopeless and 'carry on' was the cry: half sinking vessels poured out their huge shells to save the day; trenches were won by the remnants of decimated battalions; in sum, the war was won by two badly shattered nations who had carried on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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