It was our good fortune last autumn to escape from the feverish excitement and moral tension of this vast metropolis, from the hurry and fret of business, the glut of pleasure, the satiety of delight, the weariness of politics, and the exhausting duties of our critical function, into that favoured corner of our fortunate island, the West of England; …

I consider, that so far as what is called military renown is concerned, the American Navy needs no eulogist but History.

In making use of something as simple as a difference in water speed, barrel sponges are exploiting energy from currents and tides that ultimately derive from the gravitational pull exerted by the Moon and Sun.

New techniques, such as painmaking drugs; pseudo-legal dodges, such as incommunicado detention and disappearances; ancient scenarios, such as children forced to watch the :orture of their mothers — these practices have spread rapidly around the world.