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 858 WAR

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods are on the side of the stronger. Tacitus—Annates. IV. 17. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Voltaire) We can start at once. We made preparations on the way. Commander Joseph K. Taussig for the American Navy, to the British Admiral's query: "When will you be ready?" (1917) Erroneously attributed to Admiral Sims. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = A little more grape. Captain Bragg. Attributed to General Taylor at Buena Vista. Feb. 23, 1847. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!" he said, Into the valley of death Rode the six hundred. | author = Tennyson | work = Charge of the Light Brigade. St. 1. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Forward, the Light Brigade! Was there a man dismayed? Not tho' the soldier knew Some one had blunder'd. Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. Into the valley of death Rode the six hundred. | author = Tennyson | work = Charge of the Light Brigade. St. 2. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them,' Cannon in front of them Volley 'd and thunder'd; Stormed at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred. | author = Tennyson | work = Charge of the Light Brigade. St. 3. "Jaws of death" used by Du Bartas— Weekes and Workes. Day I. Pt. IV. Twelfth Night. Act III. Sc. 4. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Drayton) The children born of thee are sword and fire, Red ruin, and the breaking up of law. | author = Tennyson | work = Idylls of the King. Guinevere. L. 423. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Omnia prius experiri verbis quam armis sapientem decet. It becomes a wise man to try negotiation before arms. Terence—Eunuchus. V. 1. 19. WAR Sed omissis quidem divinis exhortationibus ilium magis Graecum versiculum secularis sententiaB sibi adhibent, "Qui fugiebat, rursus prceliabitur:" ut et rursus forsitan fugiat. But overlooking the divine exhortations, they act rather upon that Greek verse of worldly significance, "He who flees will fight again," and that perhaps to betake himself again to flight. Tertullian—De Fuga in Persecutione. Ch. 10. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Butler}}) | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = But what most showed the vanity of life Was to behold the nations all on fire. Thomson—Castle of Indolence. Canto I. 55. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Ten good soldiers, wisely led, Will beat a hundred without a head. D. W. Thompson—Paraphrase of Euripides. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Scott}}) | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Fight the good fight of faith. I Timothy. VI. 12. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = A thousand touching traits testify to the sa cred power of the love which a righteous war awakes in noble nations. Treitschke—German History. Vol.1. P. 482. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = War is elevating, because the individual disappears before the great conception of the state. . . . What a perversion of morality to wish to abolish heroism among men! Treitschke—Politics. Vol. I. P. 74. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = God will see to it that war always recurs as a drastic medicine for the human race. Treitschke—Politics. Vol. I. P. 76. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = This is the soldier brave enough to tell The glory-dazzled world that "war is hell." Henry Vax Dyke—On the St. Gaudens' Statue of Gen. Sherman. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Sherman}}) | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Anna virumque cano. Arms and the man I sjng. Vergil—Æneid. Bk smg. v.T. 1. Una salus victis nullam sperare salutem. The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety. Vergil—Æneid. II. 354. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Dolus an virtus quis in hoste requirat? Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor? Vergil—Æneid. II. 390. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Exigui numero, sed bello vivida virtus. Small in number, but their valor tried in war, and glowing. Vergil—Æneid. V. 754. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 858 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Saevit amor ferri et scelerata insania belli. The love of arms and the mad wickedness of war are raging. Vergil—Æneid. VII. 461. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 858 }}