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

Thomas Carlyle
Air, Sea, Land
Thomas Carlyle (1864). “Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ...”, p.8
Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air!