The Viking Age - The Early History Manners, and Customs of the Ancestors of the English-Speaking Nations, Illustrating From the Antiquities Discovered in Mounds, Cairns, and Bogs as Well as From the Ancient Sagas and Eddas #225574

In studying the history of the world we find that all the nations which have risen to high power and widespread dominion have been founded by men endowed with great, I may say terrible, energy; extreme bravery and the love of conquest being the most prominent traits of their character. The mighty sword with all its evils has thus far always proved a great engine of civilisation.