{"product_id":"2940013232235","title":"Battles With The Sea","description":"CHAPTER ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHEROES OF THE LIFEBOAT AND ROCKET.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSKIRMISHES WITH THE SUBJECT GENERALLY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt ought to be known to all English boys that there is a terrible and\u003cbr\u003ecostly war in which the British nation is at all times engaged.  No\u003cbr\u003eintervals of peace mark the course of this war.  Cessations of\u003cbr\u003ehostilities there are for brief periods, but no treaties of peace.  \"War\u003cbr\u003eto the knife\" is its character.  Quarter is neither given nor sought.\u003cbr\u003eOur foe is unfeeling, unrelenting.  He wastes no time in diplomatic\u003cbr\u003epreliminaries; he scorns the courtesies of national life.  No\u003cbr\u003eambassadors are recalled, no declarations of war made.  Like the Red\u003cbr\u003eSavage he steals upon us unawares, and, with a roar of wrathful fury,\u003cbr\u003esettles down to his deadly work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow does this war progress?  It is needful to put and reiterate this\u003cbr\u003equestion from time to time, because new generations of boys are always\u003cbr\u003egrowing up, who, so far from being familiar with the stirring episodes\u003cbr\u003eof this war, and the daring deeds of valour performed, scarcely realise\u003cbr\u003ethe fact that such a war is being carried on at all, much less that it\u003cbr\u003ecosts hundreds of lives and millions of money every year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt may be styled a naval war, being waged chiefly in boats upon the sea.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a war which will never cease, because our foe is invincible, and\u003cbr\u003ewe will never give in; a war which, unlike much ordinary warfare, is\u003cbr\u003enever unjust or unnecessary; which cannot be avoided, which is conducted\u003cbr\u003eon the most barbarous principles of deathless enmity, but which,\u003cbr\u003enevertheless, brings true glory and honour to those heroes who are ever\u003cbr\u003eready, night and day, to take their lives in their hands and rush into\u003cbr\u003ethe thick of the furious fray.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough this great war began--at least in a systematic manner--only\u003cbr\u003elittle more than fifty years ago, it will not end until the hearts of\u003cbr\u003ebrave and generous Britons cease to beat, and the wild winds cease to\u003cbr\u003eblow, for the undying and unconquerable enemy of whom we write is--the\u003cbr\u003eStorm!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Death or victory!\" the old familiar warwhoop, is not the final war-cry\u003cbr\u003ehere.  Death is, indeed, always faced--sometimes met--and victory is\u003cbr\u003eoften gained; but, final conquests being impossible, and the \"piping\u003cbr\u003etimes of peace\" being out of the question, the signal for the onset has\u003cbr\u003ebeen altered, and the world's old battle-cry has been exchanged for the\u003cbr\u003esoul-stirring shout of \"Rescue the perishing!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough our foe cannot be slain, he can, like the genii of Eastern story,\u003cbr\u003ebe baffled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the days of old, the Storm had it nearly all his own way.  Hearts,\u003cbr\u003eindeed, were not less brave, but munitions of war were wanting.  In this\u003cbr\u003ematter, as in everything else, the world is better off now than it was\u003cbr\u003ethen.  Our weapons are more perfect, our engines more formidable.  We\u003cbr\u003ecan now dash at our enemy in the very heart of his own terrible\u003cbr\u003estrongholds; fight him where even the boldest of the ancient Vikings did\u003cbr\u003enot dare to venture, and rescue the prey from the very jaws of death\u003cbr\u003eamid the scenes of its wildest revelry.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145557197040,"sku":"2940013232235","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013232235_p0.jpg?v=1763578497","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013232235","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}