Great Northern War/1709%e2%80%931714 - Ottoman Empire

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    “In civilization, as in a southern latitude, man degenerates at length, and yields to the incursion of more northern tribes.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    ““... War on the destiny of man!
    Doom on the sun!”
    Before death takes you, O take back this.”
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    “Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.””
    —Winston Churchill (1874–1965)