And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 5:41.

The Doctorissaidalsotohaveinventedanextraordinary weapon which will make war less brutal. It is described as a very powerful liquid which rots braces at a distance of a mile.

-Michael) pseudonym Beachcomber
  'Bracerot'.

All through that summer at ease we lay, And daily from the turret wall We watched the mowers in the hay And the enemy half a mile away. They seemed no threat to us at all.

-Muir, Edwin
  The Voyage,'The Castle', stanza1.