Men Who Have Made the Empire
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London
C. ARTHUR PEARSON LIMITED
“ALMIGHTY GOD, OF THY GOODNESS, GIVE ME LIFE AND LEAVE ONCE TO SAIL AN ENGLISH SHIP ON YONDER SEA!”
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Frontispiece.
Men who have
Made the Empire
BY
GEORGE GRIFFITH
THIRD EDITION
London
C.ARTHUR PEARSON LIMITED
HENRIETTA STREET, W. C.
1899
To
THE GLORIOUS MEMORY
OF
THE MIGHTY DEAD
AND TO
THE HONOUR OF THE LIVING
WHO ARE
CARRYING ON THEIR NOBLE WORK,
THE FOLLOWING PAGES
ARE INSCRIBED.