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Página 43
... force , is regarded as an armor of proof , under cover of which any amount of swagger may be safely indulged . An estimate of what is an adequate naval force for our country may properly take into account the happy in- terval which ...
... force , is regarded as an armor of proof , under cover of which any amount of swagger may be safely indulged . An estimate of what is an adequate naval force for our country may properly take into account the happy in- terval which ...
Página 45
... force whose power is not equal to assuming the offen- sive soon or late , which cannot , first or last , go out , assail the enemy , and hurt him in his vital interests . A navy for defence only , in the political sense , means a navy ...
... force whose power is not equal to assuming the offen- sive soon or late , which cannot , first or last , go out , assail the enemy , and hurt him in his vital interests . A navy for defence only , in the political sense , means a navy ...
Página 46
... force - not force exerted necessarily , but force possessed - and that force , pow- er , depends not upon fleets and armies only , but upon positions also - war be- ing , as Napoleon used to say , " a busi- ness of positions " -one of ...
... force - not force exerted necessarily , but force possessed - and that force , pow- er , depends not upon fleets and armies only , but upon positions also - war be- ing , as Napoleon used to say , " a busi- ness of positions " -one of ...
Página 47
... force with that now recom- mended to the German Reichstag by the Budget Committee , despite the many prophecies that the Emperor could not obtain his desired navy . " The Budget Committee of the Reichstag to - day adopt- ed , in ...
... force with that now recom- mended to the German Reichstag by the Budget Committee , despite the many prophecies that the Emperor could not obtain his desired navy . " The Budget Committee of the Reichstag to - day adopt- ed , in ...
Página 48
... force so limited , in quantity or in quality , that it must await attack before it can act . Now admitting this view as to the scope of the word defence , what is the best meth- od of defending your interests when you know that another ...
... force so limited , in quantity or in quality , that it must await attack before it can act . Now admitting this view as to the scope of the word defence , what is the best meth- od of defending your interests when you know that another ...
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Página 416 - Who gave you this Name ? Answer. My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism ; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Página 134 - ... it is scarcely possible to resist the conviction that the annexation of Cuba to our federal republic will be indispensable to the continuance and integrity of the Union itself.
Página 310 - When an ancient word for its sound and significancy deserves to be revived, I have that reasonable veneration for antiquity, to restore it. All beyond this is superstition. Words are not like landmarks, so sacred as never to be removed ; customs are changed, and even statutes are silently repealed, when the reason ceases for which they were enacted.
Página 601 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory, Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Página 619 - ... ridiculing any of its ceremonies, or affronting its ministers or votaries, has ever been deeply resented, you are to be particularly careful to restrain every officer and soldier from such imprudence and folly, and to punish every instance of it. On the other hand, as far as...
Página 480 - ... approximation. The connecting link is the cabinet. By that new word we mean a committee of the legislative body selected to be the executive body. The legislature has many committees, but this is its greatest. It chooses for this, its main committee, the men in whom it has most confidence. It does not, it is true, choose them directly; but it is nearly omnipotent in choosing them indirectly.
Página 629 - Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression,'' with reference to his discourse for the Sabbath, when the door burst open and his sister-in-law entered.
Página 625 - the executive government of this country, in its intercourse with foreign nations, is limited to the employment of diplomacy alone. When this fails it can proceed no further. It cannot legitimately resort to force without the direct authority of Congress, except in resisting and repelling hostile attacks.
Página 261 - Annie had a different theory — at least in regard to the man's family. Indeed, it must be admitted that this warm-hearted, energetic woman had a good many theories, and she talked about them until all Old Chester found her just a little fatiguing. As for the twins, at first the presence of their strong, happy, vital niece...
Página 308 - ... some of which are now struggling for the vogue, and others are in possession of it. I have done my utmost for some years past to stop the progress of mob and banter, but have been plainly borne down by numbers, and betrayed by those who promised to assist me.