The Only Traditions Of The Royal Navy

Armed With A Paint-box, One Cannot Be Bored, One Cannot Be Left At A Loose End, One Cannot 'have Several Days On One's Hands.

There Are Men In The World Who Derive An Exaltation From The Proximity Of Disaster And Ruin, As Other From Success.

In Handing Over The Government Of India To These So-called Political Classes, We Are Handing Over To Men Of Straw, Of Whom, In A Few Years, No Trace Will Remain.

Everyone Has His Day And Some Days Last Longer Than Others.

It May Well Be That We Shall By A Process Of Sublime Irony Have Reached A State In This Story Where Safety Will Be The Sturdy Child Of Terror, And Survival The Twin Brother Of Annihilation.