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She came out victorious from that war, and fully prepared to take advantage of the industrial revolution which had been going on the while, and which I now ask you to note. SHE CAME OUT VICTORIOUS FROM THAT WAR AND FULLY PREPARED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WHICH HAD BEEN GOING ON THE WHILE AND WHICH I NOW ASK YOU TO NOTE
id, nor loitered in her work either; from the beginning of the nineteenth century the history of civilization is really the history of the last of the class-struggles which was inaugurated by the French Revolution; and England, who all through the times of the Revolution and the Cæsarism which followed it appeared to be the steady foe of Revolution, was really as steadily furthering it; her natural conditions, her store of coal and minerals, her temperate climate, extensive sea-board and many harbours, and lastly her position as the outpost of Europe looking into America across the ocean, doomed her to be for a time at least the mistress of the commerce of the civilized world, and its agent with barbarous and semi-barbarous countries. The necessities of this destiny drove her into the implacable war with France, a war which, nominally waged on behalf of monarchical principles, was really, though doubtless unconsciously, carried on for the possession of the foreign and colonial markets. ATIONS ALL THIS SHE DID NOR LOITERED IN HER WORK EITHER FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY THE HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION IS REALLY THE HISTORY OF THE LAST OF THE CLASS STRUGGLES WHICH WAS INAUGURATED BY THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND ENGLAND WHO ALL THROUGH THE TIMES OF THE REVOLUTION AND THE CAESARISM WHICH FOLLOWED IT APPEARED TO BE THE STEADY FOE OF REVOLUTION WAS REALLY AS STEADILY FURTHERING IT HER NATURAL CONDITIONS HER STORE OF COALS AND MINERALS HER TEMPERATE CLIMATE EXTENSIVE SEA BOARD AND MANY HARBOURS AND LASTLY HER POSITION AS THE OUTPOST OF EUROPE LOOKING INTO AMERICA ACROSS THE OCEAN DOOMED HER TO BE FOR A TIME AT LEAST THE MISTRESS OF THE COMMERCE OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD AND ITS AGENT WITH BARBAROUS AND SEMI BARBAROUS COUNTRIES THE NECESSITIES OF THIS DESTINY DROVE HER INTO THE IMPLACABLE WAR WITH FRANCE A WAR WHICH NOMINALLY WAGED ON BEHALF OF MONARCHICAL PRINCIPLES WAS REALLY THOUGH DOUBTLESS UNCONSCIOUSLY CARRIED ON FOR THE POSSESSION OF THE FOREIGN COLONIAL MARKETS
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