大英帝国的统治人物从来总是希望它的帝国永世长存、鼎盛不衰的。例如,英国一首著名的歌曲里,就有这么一句词儿:“英帝国将永存”。自由党人葛拉斯敦多年前也曾写道:“帝国的感情是每一个英国人生而有之的。这是我们的世袭财产的一部分,它和我们同生共死。”但是,愿望总归是愿望,现实毕竟还是现实。且不多说大英帝国的许多 The ruler of the British Empire always wanted its empire to last forever and prosper. For example, in a famous British song, there is a phrase: “The British empire will last forever.” Liberal Gradsdon wrote many years ago that “the feeling of empire is born in every British life, and it is part of our hereditary property that lives with us.” But always the desire is Wish, the reality is still realistic after all. Not to mention many of the British Empire