\"Ourgreat—grandfatherslivedinperpetualterrorthattheywouldbedevouredbyFrance;thatFrenchambitionwouldoversettheCelestialBalance,andproceednexttoeattheBritishNation。
Standuponyourguardthen,onewouldhavesaid:Looktoyourships,toyourdefences,toyourindustries;toyourvirtuesfirstofall,——yourVIRTUTES,manhoods,conformitiestotheDivineLawappointedyou;whicharethegreatandindeedsolestrengthtoanyManorNation!Disciplineyourselves,wisely,inallkinds;
moreandmore,tilltherebenoanarchicfibreleftinyou。
Unanarchic,disciplinedatallpoints,youmightthen,Ishouldsay,withsupremecomposure,letFrance,andthewholeWorldatitsback,trywhattheycoulddouponyouandtheuniquelittleIslandyouaresoluckyastolivein?——Foolishmortals:whatPotentialityofBattle,thinkyou(notagainstFranceonly,butagainstSatanasandtheMinistersofChaosgenerally),wouldapoorFriedrichWilhelm,nottospeakofbetter,havegotoutofsuchaPossession,haditbeenhistoputindrill!Anddrillisnotofsoldiersonly;
thoughperhapsofsoldiersfirstandmostindispensablyofall;