Lord Salisbury, speaking at the Nonconformist Unionist banquet, said that the past two years had shown that the spirit of our countrymen burns as bright as ever. We used to hear suggestions that our star had set and that we should never fight again. That was a gross miscalculation; we have shown the power of England, and che isa safer place and sectirer than before. There jis no Power in the world but knows that if she defies the might of Eng-{land, she defies one of the most formidable enemies a nation can have.
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