Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, and to the Germans that of—the air!


Thomas Carlyle 'Jean Paul Friedrich Richter' in Edinburgh Review no. 91 (1827)

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Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, and to the Germans that of—the air!

Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, and to the Germans that of—the air!

Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, and to the Germans that of—the air!

Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, and to the Germans that of—the air!