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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: "The Empire on which the sun never sets" Lord Salisbury is credited with that saying!. It refers to the the size and magnitude of the Bristish Empire in the 1800's, meaning that as the world turned, it was always daylight somewhere in the English Empire!. East or West, North or South, the Brits had colonies in every part of the world on every continent and every hemisphere!. Hope this is useful informationWww@QuestionHome@Com The sun never set on the British Empire because the sun sets in the West and the British Empire was in the East!. Anonymous Student Far-called, our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the fire: Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget -- lest we forget! Rudyard Kipling, "Recessional," 1897Www@QuestionHome@Com do you mean the sun never sets on the British empire!? - John Wilson (under the pseudonym Christopher North)Www@QuestionHome@Com Sir Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PCWww@QuestionHome@Com Christopher NorthWww@QuestionHome@Com Lord SalisburyWww@QuestionHome@Com it's the sun never sets on Man U and it was David Becham's mum!.Www@QuestionHome@Com They must West Indian!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |