England
- Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934)
- Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943) (Ashby 2004a, 3) (Also described as a postmodern composer)
- William Walton (1902–1983)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island.”
—William Blackstone (1723–1780)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)