You are a soldier yourself, sire.
I ask you if such a war is an easy task for a handful of soldiers, with a few _censitaires_ straight from the plough, and a troop of _coureurs-de-bois_ whose hearts are all the time are with their traps and their beaver-skins." "No, no; I am sorry if I spoke too hastily," said Louis.

"We shall look into the matter at our council." "Then it warms my heart to hear you say so," cried the old governor.
"There will be joy down the long St.Lawrence, in white hearts and in red, when it is known that their great father over the waters has turned his mind towards them." "And yet you must not look for too much, for Canada has been a heavy cost to us, and we have many calls in Europe." "Ah, sire, I would that you could see that great land.

When your Majesty has won a campaign over here, what may come of it?
Glory, a few miles of land Luxembourg, Strassburg, one more city in the kingdom; but over there, with a tenth of the cost and a hundredth part of the force, there is a world ready to your hand.

It is so vast, sire, so rich, so beautiful! Where are there such hills, such forests, such rivers?
And it is all for us if we will but take it.

Who is there to stand in our way?
A few nations of scattered Indians and a thin strip of English farmers and fishermen.