Excerpt from War English nation as being prepared for war, in any single department of that savage service. It is not in the least a question of this War Minister or that, of the Government or the Opposition; for Cabinets and War Ministers, like directors of newspapers, are not nearly so much the leaders as the humble camp-followers of the nation. The fact is that nations, which have real personalities as well as characters of their own, are ultimately responsible for their own destinies and our own nation, at present, appears to be more interested in cinemas and art-balls and land campaigns than in any final destiny whatever. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.