Story of the War in South Africa, 1899-1900. Alfred Thayer Mahan

hearts and minds in 1861. Alike in breadth of view and in force of sentiment, nothing exceeds the power of such an ideal to lift men above narrow self-interest to the strenuous self-devotion demanded by great emergencies. Should this be so in the present case, and increase, Imperial Federation and the expansion of the United States are facts, which, whether taken singly or in correlation, are secondary in importance to nothing contemporaneous.

      1

      Younghusband's "South Africa of To-day." Second Edition, 1899.

      2

      "Impressions of South Africa." Third Edition, p. 291.

      3

      "From Cape Town to Ladysmith," p. 79.

      4

      "Lessons of the War," p. 13.