England at the beginning of her greatness in the reign of Elizabeth, was the size of Belgium; if she had made herself one of the great powers, it was at the cost of the Spaniards and then of Holland, even dominating the entire world.

And the doctor spoke in English and with so much vehemence about England's evil deeds against Spain that the impressionable sailor ended by saying spontaneously: "May God punish her!" But just here reappeared the Mediterranean navigator, the complicated and contradictory Ulysses.

He suddenly remembered the repairs on his vessel that must be paid for by England.
"May God punish them ...

but may He wait a little bit!" he murmured in his thoughts.
The imposing professor became greatly exasperated when speaking of the land in which she was living.
"Mandolin players! Bandits!" she always cried when referring to the Italians.
How much they owed to Germany! The Emperor Wilhelm had been a father to them.

All the world knew that!...