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PASSPORTS LONG IN USE Passports without which one cannot at present quit the country except as a soldier or a sailor are of ancient origin The earliest of which there is record is one granted by Julius Caesar to a philoso ¬ pher and is worded as follows followsIf If there be any one on land or sea hardy enough to molest Potaman let him consider whether he be strong enough to wage war with Caesar CaesarIn In normal times a passport is not a difficult thing to obtain in England The application must be ac ¬ companied by a declaration mnde either by the ap ¬ plicants banker or any mayor magistrate minister of religion barrister at law physician solicitor or notary It is linguistically a highly ornnte docu ¬ ment with the Royal Arms at its head nu imposing array of titles sot forth in grandiloquent lingiuige and printed in the best copperplate copperplateAt At the base of the coat of arms of the foreign secretary followed by his signature lithographed The bearers signature completes the document and the whole thing may be considered cheap at two shillings shillingsIf If a person wishes to travel in any of those coun ¬ tries where a passport Is a necessity he must ob ¬ tain the acknowledgement of registration this is the vise of the embassy or consulate of that coun ¬ try This costs a further sum of from two to nine shillings Answers
