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I have no doubt too that any accomplished soldier of the Continent would reject as impossible what we after a fashion effect.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “I have no doubt too that any accomplished soldier of the Continent would reject as impossible what we after a fashion…”
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Bagehot expresses skepticism about the feasibility of England's military achievements from the perspective of a continental soldier.
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