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John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher - We left our element,...

We left our element, the sea, to make ourselves into a conscript nation fighting on the Continent with four million soldiers out of a population of forty millions. (John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher)

We left our element, the sea, to make ourselves into a conscript nation fighting on the Continent with four million soldiers out of a population of forty millions.

John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

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