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And probably in the Churches on Sunday, or at the prayer-meetings, there rose to heaven, from the hearts of the pious, prayers of thanksgiving on learning that the “Lord of Hosts” had again fought under the banner of The Netherlands. . . .

“But moved by so much woe, that day
God turned their prayer of thanks away!”^[1]

1. Translated quotation from a well-known Dutch poem, of distinctly mediocre merit, pompous, stodgy, and religious. Intentionally selected by the author, for quotation in connection with the preceding paragraphs. Trsl.