“Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters.” NeedsShouldWaterHoursEnglandTheeStagnantMiltonStagnant Water Author:William Wordsworth
“England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzerland.” WellsMayWaterFreedomStepsLandProudMountainEnglandFirmMagnificentScotlandCouchesSwitzerlandDamsFettersNile Author:Lydia M. Child
“The sea has formed the English character and the essential England is to be found in those who follow it. From blue waters they have learned mercifulness, and they have also learned - in the grimmest of schools - precision and resolution. The sea endures no makeshifts. If a thing is not exactly right it will be vastly wrong.” IfsCharacterSchoolFoundWaterSeaEssentialsEnglandBlueEndureResolutionPrecisionBlue Water Book:Nelson's History of the war Source: Nelson's History of the war
“The country (England) which was called a nation of pirates in the years around 1600 would eventually become the pirates' greatest scourge, not just in English waters but throughout the world.” WorldYearsCountryNationsWaterEnglandPirateScourge Author:Peter Earle
“There is some evidence that average wave heights are slowly rising, and that freak waves of eighty or ninety feet are becoming more common. Wave heights off the coast of England have risen an average of 25 percent over the past couple of decades, which converts to a twenty-foot increase in the highest waves over the next half century. One cause may be the tightening of environmental laws, which has reduced the amount of oil flushed into the oceans by oil tankers.” MayPastLawNextCausesWaterCommonHalfFeetCenturyAmountCoupleBecomingOceanHighestPercentEvidenceIncreaseEnglandTwentiesEnvironmentalAverageWaveOilDecadesHeightRisingFreakCoastNinetyEightyRisenOver The PastBecoming More Author:Sebastian Junger