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" I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war ; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by war, and deceived by peace ; trained by war, and betrayed by peace ; — in a word,... "
England's naval and military weakness ... The Volunteer force, incentives to ... - Page 259
by James Walter (major, Lancs. artillery volunteers.) - 1882
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The British and Foreign Evangelical Review and Quarterly Record of Christian ...

Theology - 1867 - 902 pages
...learned their truth of word and strength of thought in war ; they were diaries Lamb : A Memoir. 183 nourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by...trained by war, and betrayed by peace, — in a word, were born in war, and expired in peace." Bat now, by an implied contradiction, our Coryphaeus, in this...
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The Works of John Ruskin, Volume 6

John Ruskin - English literature - 1873 - 232 pages
...in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war ; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ;...that they were born in war, and expired in peace. 95. Yet now note carefully, in the second place, it is not all war of which this can be said — nor...
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The Works of John Ruskin, Honorary Student of Christ Church, Oxford: The ...

John Ruskin - 1873 - 228 pages
...in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war ; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ;...that they were born in war, and expired in peace. 95. Yet now note carefully, in the second place, it is not all war of which this can be said — nor...
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The Crown of Wild Olive: Four Letters on Industry and War

John Ruskin - England - 1873 - 228 pages
...in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war ; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ;...that they were born in war, and expired in peace. 95. Yet now note carefully, in the second place, it is not all war of which this can be said — nor...
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The Crown of Wild Olive: Three Lectures on Work, Traffic and War

John Ruskin - Prussia (Germany) - 1874 - 164 pages
...• nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war ; that they were flourished in war, and wasted by peace ; taught by war, and deceived...betrayed by peace ; — in a word, that they were bom in war, and expired in peace. Yet now note carefully, in the second place, it is not all war of...
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Education, Volume 37

Education - 1917 - 726 pages
...found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word and strength of thought in war, that they were nourished in war and wasted by peace, taught...and betrayed by peace — in a word, that they were bom in war and expired in peace." This conclusion, to which Buskin came somewhat reluctantly, is voiced...
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God's 'ten words', a course of lectures on the Decalogue

Walter Senior - 1880 - 388 pages
...found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word and strength of thought in war; that they were nourished in war and wasted by peace, taught...deceived by peace, trained by war and betrayed by peace;—in a word, that they were born in war and expired in peace." It sounds paradoxical, and even...
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The Crown of Wild Olive

John Ruskin - Prussia (Germany) - 1882 - 230 pages
...in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war ; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ;...that they were born in war, and expired in peace. 95. Yet now note carefully, in the second place, it is not all war of which this can be said — nor...
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Israel's watchman (and prophetic expositor) [afterw.] The prophetic news and ...

Alfred Edersheim - 1882 - 398 pages
...their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war ; that they were nourished in war and wasted in peace ; taught by war, and deceived by peace ; trained...that they were born in war, and expired in peace." But, he adds, " it is not all war of which this can be said The creative and fundamental war is that...
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Sesame and Lilies: Three Lectures, Delivered in 1864-1868,

John Ruskin - Books and reading - 1884 - 434 pages
...in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace ;...that they were born in war. and expired in peace. Yet now note carefully, in the second place, it is not all war of which this can be said—nor all...
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