Quotes About Smythe

In a sixty-page report released in June 1938, Smythe concluded that the 120 air raids that Nanking experienced and the four-day siege of the city did only 1 percent of the damage inflicted by the Japanese army after it entered Nanking.

minister who addressed the original Virginia settlers before their departure from London in 1606. Now he praised Smythe and the adventurers for again backing the Virginia Company, and he ended his sermon with a fervent prayer that the company would be successful in its goals.

Even as the Virginia Company presented its plans to the king—through his privy council—for royal approval, Smythe set out to promote the company's new venture. Sir Thomas (he was knighted by James I soon after the king took the throne) was one of England's wealthiest and most powerful merchants. He had long been involved in foreign trade with Russia, through the Muscovy Company, and he was the head of the East India Company. He was also a marketing genius.

What if Captain Smythe did not reject his orders? What if Captain Smythe was not there at all? What if instead of soldiers they