Hamilton Collegiate Institute - Vox Lycei Yearbook (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)

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RETAHN Herr Collormieill and Neiveill. Expansion M. J. MCG-ARVIN. This royal throne of Kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise: This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of warg This happy breed of men, this little , world, This precious stone set in the silver Sea, YVhieh serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a. moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. -Richard II. ln the admirable tribute to his country by that staunch old Plantaganet, John of Gaunt, we can detect the influences which were forming the foundation for Eng- land 's future greatness-the forces of sentiment, tradition, and patriotism. iVe catch a glimpse of the Englishman 's pride in 'his own native land, in its unexcelled geographical position. VVe can appreciate those inate characteristics in the English race which have been the fundamental forces in the development of the British Empire. The words which so aptly described mediaeval England were just as applic- able to the early modern age of Elizabeth when they were penned by the Bard of Avon-the period when England was be- ginning to exert an intluence beyond her own island-shores. The discovery of America had been an event of momentous importance to the little 'tsilver-eoasted isle. It placed her in a central world position. By Shal::speare's time the rugged .island gave indications that she was appreciating her new-found import- ance. She was no longer wasting her inan- hood in futile Wars with France. Land battles are transient in nature when com- pared with the far-reaching effect of naval victories. It is improbable that the great dramatist, with all his knowledge of political conditions and almost uncanny prescience, even dimly realized the ultim- ate signilicance of the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English sea-dogs- Drake and Howard. How many recogniz- ed that it was the beginning of the de- cline of Spain's extensive Colonial Em- pire and the entrance of England upon a new epoch of her history. The days of the Mistress of the Sea had arrived. Colonial expansion synchronizes with naval efficiency. As the conquerors of Spain navigated the high seas, English settlements and colonies arose. It is in- teresting to observe that England, just recovering from her greatest civil con- tlict, was still strong enough during the rule of Cromwell to humble her next naval rival, when Blal-:e's ships swept the Dutch sloops from the seas, with the resultant curtailmcnt of Hollandls colon- ial ambitions. Religious conflict results in discontent and restlessness. Hence the excessive emigration during the Puritan upheaval- but England did not altogether lose her progeny. They Went to the various col- onies in America and Still maintained a. close connection with the motherland. The close of the iVar of the Spanish Succession marks a definite settled policy in the trend of British statesmanship. BI2l1'llDUl'Ull,Lfll'S victories were gained on the fields of Europe, but in the adjust- ment at Utrecht in 1713, England inaug- erated an unwritten and an unuttered Monroe Doctrine of her own. She kept aloof from the continent of Europe, but she took the far-distant settlements of Acadia and the Hudson Bay District. In subsequent wars England pursued the same plan of colonial expansion. And yet in 191-L, German historians had the effrontery to declare that the British Em- pire was built up by accident. The close of the .Seven Years' War left England the outstanding colonial power