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The Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her Colonial trade against foreign competitors.
— George V of the United Kingdom
The Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her Colonial trade against foreign competitors.
I said to your predecessor: 'You know what they're all saying, no more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris.' The fellow didn't even laugh.
After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months.
How's the Empire?
