The wives of her sons may carry on the breed, but her work is past.

The erstwhile men of England are now the men of Australia, of Africa, of America.

England has sent forth "the best she breeds" for so long, and has destroyed those that remained so fiercely, that little remains for her to do but to sit down through the long nights and gaze at royalty on the wall.
The true British merchant seaman has passed away.

The merchant service is no longer a recruiting ground for such sea dogs as fought with Nelson at Trafalgar and the Nile.

Foreigners largely man the merchant ships, though Englishmen still continue to officer them and to prefer foreigners for'ard.