“Mr Palliser was one of those politicians in possessing whom England has perhaps more reason to be proud than of any other of her resources, and who, as a body, give to her that exquisite combination of conservatism and progress which is her present strength and best security for the future.” GivingReasonBodyProgressSecurityProudPoliticianResourcesEnglandCombinationBe ProudConservatismExquisitePossessing Author:Anthony Trollope
“If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is forever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England's, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.” IfsThinkingWayShouldMadeBookHomeBodyEarthDiesSunForeverRichAirFieldsFlowerRiversEnglandCornersDustBreathingBoresConcealed Author:Rupert Brooke