text:  During the fearful struggle of a quarter of a century for her existence as a nation against the power and resources of Europe directed by the most intelligent but remorseless military ambition against her the command of the productions of the torrid zone and the advantageous commerce which that afforded gave to Great Britain the power and the resources which enabled her to meet to combat and to overcome her numerous and reckless enemies in every battle-field whether by sea or by land throughout the world