William Jennings Bryan,New York Times, September 7, 1913:"I can imagine that the early Christians who were carried into the Coliseum to make a spectacle for those more savage than the beasts ... And yet within a few decades the power which they invoked proved mightier than the legions of the Emperor, and the faith in which they died was triumphant o'er all the land ..."
The wind suddenly changed directions. Two British ships, HMS Detroit and HMS Queen Charlotte, attempted to maneuver and turn about, but in the process collided and became entangled, sitting helplessly in the water.Perry sailed broadside directly across the British line, firing every cannon continuously. After 15 minutes, the smoke cleared to reveal that all of Barclay's ships had been disabled. This was the first time in history that an entire British naval squadron had been disabled at one time.
Nationalism is the opposite of globalism; nationalism depends on the nation; and “Christian nationalism” used to be called “Christian patriotism,” and past Presidents, Democrat and Republican, encouraged it.
Joel Barlow, U.S. Consul to Algiers and France, wrote in Advice to the Privileged Orders in the Several States of Europe, Resulting from the Necessity and Propriety of a General Revolution in the Principle of Government (1792, 1956, p. 46): "The foundation of everything is ... that the people will form an equal representative government ... that the people will be universally armed ... A people that legislate for themselves ought to be in the habit of protecting themselves."
In this era, the wealthy had doctors visit them at their homes, but the poor were primarily cared for at Catholichospitals. By 1789, there were 6,000 Sisters of Charity running 426 hospitals in France. They also ran hospitals in countries across Europe, such as Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and Silesia.
