Deeds That Won The Empire

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W.H. Fitchett.

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PREFACE THE tales here told are written, not to glorify war, but to nourish patriotism. They represent an effort to renew in popular memory tho groat traditions - of the Imperial race to which we belong. The history of the Empire of which are subject, -the story of the struggles and sufferings by which it has been built up-is thc best legacy which the past has bequeathed to us. But it is a treasure strangely neglected. The Statc makes primary education its anxious care, yet it does not make its own history a vital part of that education. There is red danger that for the average youth the great names of British story may become meaningless sounds, that his imagination will take no colour from the rich and deep tints of history. And what a pallid, cold-blooded citizenship this must produce War belongs, no doubt, to an imperfect stage of society it has a side of pure brutality. But it is not all brutal...

Release date NZ

October 27th, 2008

Author

W.H. Fitchett.

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

black & white illustrations

Pages

368

Dimensions

140x216x20

ISBN-13

9781443771528

Product ID

27062541

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