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33445 | For what is it that a nation seeks to do when it attempts to exercise or secure the command of the sea? |
33445 | How can this fundamental duty be brought home to the individual Englishman? |
33445 | If, for instance, Spain and Switzerland were to fall out, how could either attack the other? |
33445 | Now what is this much- debated principle? |
33445 | What, then, would have become of us in the absence of his Majesty and most of the land forces? |
16695 | (?) |
16695 | Can we approximately fix their date? |
16695 | He then said,"What do you think of it?" |
16695 | Should not the wonder be the converse: that the Elizabethan seamen so quickly came so near the perfected method of the greatest master of the art? |
16695 | The Signal Book is in the Admiralty Library labelled in manuscript''1792- 3(? |
16695 | The important question is, how much earlier than Ralegh''s are these orders of Gorges''s treatise? |
16695 | The words''his majesty''show the Appendix was penned under James I; but why did Gorges select this curious example for explaining his orders? |
29685 | Did it mean an invasion or an air raid? |
29685 | Whence came these extra men? |
29685 | Who that lived through those days will forget the struggle to supply ships and guns? |
29685 | With these figures in mind, who will deny that the navy is the surest form of national as well as Imperial insurance? |
29685 | Would it remain one of the many mysteries of the great sea war? |
51748 | And what is four hundred thousand dollars in a national point of view? |
51748 | Are not the chances fifty to one against the ship, that she would be blown up before she could kill two hundred men in the boats? |
51748 | But what would be the situation of the enemy, who had their six hundred men in one vessel? |
51748 | Is it not a calculation on some real or presumed advantage? |
51748 | Is it not a calculation on their power to enforce their will? |
51748 | Or will you search into the most hidden recesses of science, to find a means for preventing such incalculable evils? |
51748 | Shall they nourish a useless marine, lay the basis for its increase, and send it down the current of time to futurity with all its complicated evils? |
51748 | Should the enemy sail among them, the consequence will teach future caution; should they cruise or anchor at a distance, what could they do? |
51748 | What is the basis of all courage and obstinate perseverance in battle? |
51748 | What is the basis of the aggression and injustice of one nation towards another? |
51748 | Will any other order of battle than one right line, give more security? |
51748 | Would two, three, or four parallel lines, give better protection? |
51748 | [ N] Then what is to be done to arrest this enormous evil, this organizing system of oppression? |
10694 | Are they true? |
10694 | Can these be kept open except by the action of our navy? |
10694 | Have we here a case in which highly localised or even passive defences are desirable? |
10694 | He goes on to ask:''How were the glorious seamen, whose memory will be for ever honoured by England and the world, rewarded after their victory?'' |
10694 | How did the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem contrive to exist for more than three- quarters of a century? |
10694 | How did this extraordinary view of Elizabeth''s conduct arise? |
10694 | How is all this applicable to the ultimate efficiency of the British Navy? |
10694 | How was it possible for the Crusaders, in their various expeditions, to achieve even the transient success that occasionally crowned their efforts? |
10694 | How, then, was the great Carthaginian carrying- trade provided for? |
10694 | In this was noted his former ship, or the fact of his being entered direct from the shore, which answered to the question''Whence?'' |
10694 | Is local naval defence, then, of any use? |
10694 | Is not this, it may be asked, a sufficient refutation of those who hold that command of the sea gives security against invasion? |
10694 | On this there would arise the question, If an army a million strong gives no security against a raid by ten thousand men, is an army worth having? |
10694 | One column was headed''Whence, and whether prest or not?'' |
10694 | Should we lose those aptitudes, are we likely to reach the position in war gained by our predecessors? |
10694 | The question now to be considered is, What was the capacity of the merchant service for supplying the demands of the navy? |
10694 | The question of practical moment is: How are we to guard ourselves against such a surprise? |
10694 | The question then that naturally arises is-- If the navy did not fill up its complements from the merchant service, how did it fill them up? |
10694 | The question to be answered is-- Which of the two systems promises to help us most during hostilities? |
10694 | What became of the 44,000 men not required, of whom about 35,000 must have been of the seaman class and have been discharged from the service? |
10694 | What had Froude to go upon when he came forward as her accuser? |
10694 | What other efficient defence against that can a continental country have? |
10694 | What place is still kept in our memories by even the most illustrious of those who have but recently left us? |
10694 | What, then, were these arrangements? |
10694 | Who was the first of sculptors? |
10694 | Why did the Crusades more and more become maritime expeditions? |
10694 | Why during the so- called''Hundred Years''War''was England in reality the invader and not the invaded? |
10694 | Why oblige yourself to use articles kept long in store when much fresher ones could be obtained? |
10694 | Why were Crecy, Poitiers, Agincourt-- not to mention other combats-- fought, not on English, but on continental soil? |
10694 | Why''scarcely''? |
10694 | who the first of painters? |
10694 | who the first of poets? |
28178 | Are the available means adequate to gain or to maintain such position? |
28178 | Are the difficulties surmountable? |
28178 | Has it reasonable chances of success under the particular circumstances? |
28178 | How is this done? |
28178 | If a tactical situation is under consideration, will the costs prevent the accomplishment of the strategical aim? |
28178 | If not, how much will it contribute towards such accomplishment? |
28178 | If the course of action fails, what will be its effect? |
28178 | If the course of action is successfully carried out, will it accomplish in full the motivating task? |
28178 | In such a case as the foregoing, how does the commander recognize that the apparent task is really a predetermined course of action? |
28178 | Is M or N readily accessible to enemy battleships? |
28178 | Is it easily practicable, practicable with some difficulty, or very difficult? |
28178 | Is the effort worth while? |
28178 | Is the enemy doing that? |
28178 | Or should one be content with venturing less and gaining less? |
28178 | Or, if no change is desired, what action is he to take to maintain the existing situation? |
28178 | Presence or absence of enemy points M and N? |
28178 | Presence or absence of enemy trade route from A to B? |
28178 | The essential elements of information are frequently formulated as questions-- e.g., Will the enemy do this? |
28178 | The question involved then is, what is a way, more especially the best way, out of the seeming difficulty? |
28178 | The question then is, what means need be made available for the accomplishment of the contemplated effort? |
28178 | What are the characteristics of the available entrances to sheltered anchorages? |
28178 | What are the principal topographic features of Y Island, with respect to so and so? |
28178 | What is the bearing on possible future action? |
28178 | What will be the cost, and what will be the gain? |
28178 | Will it cause the entire plan to fail? |
28178 | Will its failure affect, for example, the national morale? |
28178 | Will the course of action, if successfully carried out, contribute, at least in some degree, to the accomplishment of the task? |
28178 | With the existing situation and a new situation now clear, what action is he to take to change the one into the other? |
28178 | With what other courses of action can it be combined, to accomplish the motivating task in full? |
28178 | d. Has M or N been prepared as a naval base; an air base for seaplanes, for land planes? |
26416 | Are they our ships? |
26416 | Been in dry- dock for repairs? |
26416 | By whom? |
26416 | Commodore Schley, coming alongside the''Texas''from the''Cristobal Colon''in his gig, called out cheerily,''It was a nice fight, Jack, was n''t it?'' 26416 Do you really expect to escape alive?" |
26416 | How do you like playing mud- turtle? |
26416 | How far off are your troops? |
26416 | What''s gone with your boats, Jack? |
26416 | Where will you carry this? |
26416 | Who said any thing of Vicksburg? |
26416 | ''Are the Yankee ships in sight?'' |
26416 | ?-second period a smudge?] |
26416 | ?-second period a smudge?] |
26416 | Are they floating down the troubled waters beneath the wreck of their vessel? |
26416 | Blakely, seizing a speaking- trumpet, shouted across the water,"Have you struck?" |
26416 | But how to get it? |
26416 | But how? |
26416 | But many listened in silence: they had husbands, sons, or brothers in that fearful fight, and who could tell that they would return alive? |
26416 | But what has become of the gallant men who braved that tempest of steel and iron? |
26416 | But where were the other three Union vessels all this time? |
26416 | Had the fleet been beaten back, or was it above the forts, and even now sullenly steaming up to the city? |
26416 | Here the practical joker of the crew made himself famous by utterly routing an inquisitive old lady, who asked,"What do you do with your prisoners?" |
26416 | Here we are, and what are ye going to do with us?'' |
26416 | Heywood of the marines proposed a final''walk- around;''Tyson solemnly requested information as to''Which would you rather do or go by Fort Morgan?'' |
26416 | How came it? |
26416 | How to do it without aid from Sherman''s troops, was a difficult question; and in his perplexity he exclaimed aloud,"Why do n''t Sherman come on? |
26416 | How, thought I, could all these shells go through a vessel without disabling the machinery? |
26416 | In effect the reprimand was something like this:"Who told you to take Alvarado? |
26416 | Often"Johnny"would call out,"Well, Yank, when are you coming into town?" |
26416 | Porter, what did you get into such an ugly scrape for? |
26416 | Suddenly there arose a cry,"Now, boys, are you ready?" |
26416 | The applicant for promotion, who, when asked by an examiner,"Where is the post of a colonel when his regiment is drawn up for battle?" |
26416 | The latter vessel came within two hundred yards, and hailed,"What ship''s that?" |
26416 | This answer affronted the captain, who asked the man in an angry tone,''What part of America he came from?'' |
26416 | We were ordered to put the crew in irons, and they, too, seemed utterly dumbfounded; and one poor fellow said to me,''Must I lose all my clothes?'' |
26416 | What boat''s that?" |
26416 | When we got aft, the captain asked in a dazed sort of manner,''Why-- why-- what does this mean?'' |
26416 | Would it be wise, like the scorpion, to sting ourselves to death? |
26416 | Would that flag still be there when the sun should rise again? |
26416 | Yes, how came her"Guerriere,"her"Peacock,"and"Java,"All sent broken- ribbed to old Davy of late? |
26416 | sung out Porter,"how long will it take this cotton to burn up?" |
15076 | Shall we,he asks in his final book,"shall we now rest satisfied with this idea and by it judge of all wars, however much they may differ? |
15076 | And what guarantee was there that the next war would confirm to the Napoleonic type and accommodate itself to the abstract theory? |
15076 | And what will be the result? |
15076 | Are there, then, no principles which we can deduce from the old practice for the strengthening of judgment? |
15076 | Are we entitled to expect from it again the same success it met with in the past? |
15076 | But in what proportion? |
15076 | But what if the conditions of the struggle in which we wish to intervene are such that no truly limited theatre is available? |
15076 | Can not the old close blockade be given a modern form? |
15076 | Can we expect the same compensation now? |
15076 | Did it have any real influence on the ultimate question of command? |
15076 | Finally, we must ask what, with every condition abnormally in favour of the attack, was the actual material result? |
15076 | How was this to be explained? |
15076 | If all on which we have to build is so indeterminate, how are any practical conclusions to be reached? |
15076 | If the whole conception of war had changed, how could you account for the success of England, who had not changed her methods? |
15076 | Is it one for which he will be likely to fight to the death, or one which he will abandon in the face of comparatively slight resistance? |
15076 | Is it this which has tempted us to mistrust any type of vessel which can not be flung into the battle? |
15076 | Is there anything inherent in the conception of war that justifies that attitude in our case? |
15076 | Must we rest content in all situations with Howe''s system, which riper experience condemned for cases of extreme necessity? |
15076 | Of what practical use then, it may be asked, is all this hairsplitting? |
15076 | On the surface nothing could look sounder, but what are the conditions which underlie the one and the other? |
15076 | SHOULD COMMAND OF THE SEA ALWAYS BE THE PRIMARY OBJECT? |
15076 | The question then in the consideration of any proposed operation or line of operations will be, not"Have we the command of the sea?" |
15076 | The question we have to consider is, was this specialisation, which has asserted itself down to our own times, in the true line of development? |
15076 | To any one who has considered such matters it is obvious the reply must be another question-- What will the war be about? |
15076 | Was it, in fact, a right expression of the needs which are indicated by the theory of naval war? |
15076 | We have them both, but with what result? |
15076 | What are you to do if the enemy refuses to permit you to destroy his fleets? |
15076 | What does this mean? |
15076 | What then is the value of the sea in the political system of the world? |
15076 | What then, it will be asked, are the tangible results which we can hope to attain from theory? |
15076 | What theory, for instance, would cover Napoleon''s successes in Germany and Italy, as well as his failures in Spain and Russia? |
15076 | What was to be done? |
15076 | What was to be done? |
15076 | What, for instance, was he to do if he found a chance of blockading the main English fleet at its base? |
15076 | What, in fact, is the inherent weakness of close blockade? |
15076 | What, then, are these elements of strength? |
15076 | What, then, can be done? |
15076 | What, then, do we mean by naval defence? |
15076 | Which meaning, then, is most closely connected with the ordinary use of the word? |
15076 | Why indeed should this humane yet drastic process of war be rejected at sea if the same thing is permitted on land? |
15076 | Why, then, did he not employ close blockade? |
15076 | Will the balance of strength and weakness remain as it used to be? |
15076 | but"Can we secure the necessary lines of communication from obstruction by the enemy?" |
37328 | And what do you mean by it, sir? 37328 Are you mad, knocking about here like a magnetised mummy, and Tuesday the passing day? |
37328 | Ay, where''s the doctor''s? |
37328 | Be going for to join, I dessay, sir? |
37328 | Beware of the Jews? |
37328 | Can you take us over the bar? |
37328 | God bless the dear old chap? |
37328 | Going far, ma''am? |
37328 | How much water you? |
37328 | How much? |
37328 | I''m afraid,said my friend(? |
37328 | Is he? |
37328 | Is it indeed, ma''am? 37328 Is it true, sir?--is it true?" |
37328 | Let the gentleman pass, ca n''t you, Jack? |
37328 | Mind yourself now,cried the commander to Quilp; to which he in wrath replied--"What for you stand there make bobbery? |
37328 | My dear sir, excuse me, but it is just our dinner hour; nice roast turkey, and boiled leg of mutton with--"Any pickled pork? |
37328 | Nonsense? |
37328 | Now,said he, as he tendered the waiter a five- pound Bank of England note,"you must not take it amiss, Doctor, but--""No smaller change, sir?" |
37328 | Stabird side, I dessay, sir? |
37328 | Then,you inquire,"it is n''t six bells?" |
37328 | What,said I,"have you anything the matter with your chest?" |
37328 | What,said I,"is your father not then a Jew? |
37328 | Where away to? |
37328 | Where is the doctor''s? |
37328 | Where''s the doctor''s grog? |
37328 | Why so early to- day? |
37328 | You seem cold, ma''am,said I;"will you permit me to offer you a very little brandy?" |
37328 | And if army officers and men have been graciously permitted to wear the moustache since the Crimean war, why are not we? |
37328 | And they all said"Where is the doctor''s?" |
37328 | And what did I see from my elevated situation? |
37328 | Another glass of beer? |
37328 | Cabins? |
37328 | Dick, Dick,"exclaims an honest- looking tar;"I see''d my poor wife tumble down; she had wee Johnnie in her arms, and-- and what will I do?" |
37328 | Did it? |
37328 | Did n''t the Roman youths dedicate the first few downy hairs of the coming moustache to the gods? |
37328 | Does it not even beget a certain amount of respect for the wearer? |
37328 | Does not the moustache give a manly appearance to the smallest and most effeminate? |
37328 | Does the combatant officer treat the medical officer with respect? |
37328 | Go to the American war, embark for the gold- diggings, enlist in a regiment of Sepoys, or throw myself from the top of Saint Paul''s? |
37328 | I repeated, and added"eh?" |
37328 | I suppose you want to go sticking your dirty wet oars in the air, do you?" |
37328 | I''ve got neither sister, wife, nor mother, so surely it''s_ me_ that ought to be making a noodle of myself; but where''s the use?" |
37328 | If so, why is it not used in building ships? |
37328 | Is mahogany much superior to oak? |
37328 | Mahogany, did I say? |
37328 | No? |
37328 | One may well ask why? |
37328 | The first gentleman(?) |
37328 | What becomes of the hundreds of thousands of slaves that are taken from Africa? |
37328 | What do you mean by it?" |
37328 | What if I were plucked? |
37328 | What should I do? |
37328 | What sort of guys would the razor make of Count Bismark, Dickens, the Sultan of Turkey, or Anthony Trollope? |
37328 | What would the pictures of some of the great masters be without it? |
37328 | Why did you not say so at first? |
37328 | and echo answered"Where?" |
37328 | says growler second,"_ I_ knew that ship; that was a mess, and no mistake?" |
37328 | upon what island, tell us, doctor, does the mahogany tree grow, exist, and flourish? |
37328 | what''s your name?" |
37328 | wonder, now, if it makes a great many calls? |
15749 | Are there for us beyond the sea horizon none of those essential interests, of those evident dangers, which impose a policy and confer rights? |
15749 | Are we ready to undertake this? |
15749 | But is there nothing to the credit side of the account, even perhaps a balance in their favor? |
15749 | But what right will she invoke against the transfer? |
15749 | But why, then, if supreme, concede to an enemy immunity for his commerce? |
15749 | Can it be counted less because they are bound by the ties of blood and close political union to the great communities of the East? |
15749 | Does this tend to universal peace, general disarmament, and treaties of permanent arbitration? |
15749 | For what purposes, primarily, do navies exist? |
15749 | For what, after all, is our not unjustly vaunted European and American civilization? |
15749 | Have we no right or no call to progress farther in any direction? |
15749 | How far has it gone? |
15749 | How shall two walk together except they be agreed? |
15749 | Is it so as regards Bering Sea? |
15749 | Is it the harbinger of ready mutual understanding, of quick acceptance of, and delight in, opposing traditions and habits of life and thought? |
15749 | Is such quick acceptance found now where Easterns and Westerns impinge? |
15749 | Is the United States willing to see them sold to a powerful rival? |
15749 | It then could have been said to her, as it now is said to us,"Why go beyond your own borders? |
15749 | It would be a matter of course for her to fight for her just interests, if need be, and why should not another state say the same? |
15749 | May it not be so with nations? |
15749 | Ships answering to this description are the_ kind_ which make naval strength; what is to be its_ degree_? |
15749 | The outlook-- the signs of the times, what are they? |
15749 | To what attacks are coasts liable? |
15749 | Was it so at Samoa? |
15749 | Was not Turkey in occupation? |
15749 | What has been the effect of these great armies? |
15749 | What is all Canada compared with our exposed great cities? |
15749 | What is our protective system but an organized warfare? |
15749 | What is that strength to be? |
15749 | What may its size be? |
15749 | What preparation is necessary in case such a one is as determined to fight against our demands as we to fight for them? |
15749 | What their number? |
15749 | When they resist, what force can they bring against us? |
15749 | Whence did it come? |
15749 | Whither is it going? |
15749 | Why not? |
15749 | Why? |
15749 | Will it be said that that was in a past barbaric age? |
15749 | and"What shall be the end hereof?" |
15749 | or is there possibly in it also a sign of the times to come, to be studied in connection with other signs, some of which we have noted? |
22305 | ''Sir?'' 22305 ''Sir?'' |
22305 | ''What does she look like?'' 22305 ''Where away is the sail?'' |
22305 | As Mr. Everett was passing by, the commodore asked him,--''Are you willing to go alongside of her?'' |
22305 | Can any of the wounded pull a rope? |
22305 | Do you mean to say, that, if I had been in that boat, you would have dared to commit such an act? |
22305 | Do you tell me I lie? |
22305 | Ees eet that that ees a sheep of les à � tats- Unis? |
22305 | Have you any evidence,asked the American officer of the British admiral,"beyond the man''s own word, that he is an Englishman?" |
22305 | Have you seen him? |
22305 | Have you struck your flag? |
22305 | Have you struck? |
22305 | How dare you take a man from a boat of his Majesty''s ship, sir? |
22305 | Silence being secured, he hailed the lookout, who to his question of''What does she look like?'' 22305 Sir,"said he emphatically,"do you know what vessel you are on board of?" |
22305 | Surely you do n''t propose to take my entire crew? |
22305 | The precise answer to this question I do not recollect; but the captain proceeded to ask,''What does she look like?'' 22305 Then,"said the captain,"where are the primers?" |
22305 | Well, what''s wanted now? |
22305 | What Yankee''s pockets did Johnny Crapaud pick to get all that money? |
22305 | What does it look like? |
22305 | What does that mean? |
22305 | What is that you say? |
22305 | What ship is that? 22305 What was that?" |
22305 | What''s that to me, sir? |
22305 | Where are they? |
22305 | Where bound? |
22305 | Where from? |
22305 | Who comes there? |
22305 | Why do you want to go, Jack? |
22305 | Why, what for, my lad? |
22305 | Why, what ship''s this? |
22305 | Why,--why, what ship''s this? |
22305 | After the tour of the ship had been made, the host said, as they stood chatting on the quarter- deck,--"Well, what do you think of her?" |
22305 | Allen, he said surlily,--"You do not intend to send me away without my baggage?" |
22305 | And were not the British aggressions more oppressive than those of France? |
22305 | And wha kens what he may do? |
22305 | At this moment, the first lieutenant of the"Serapis"came up hastily, and inquired,--"Has the enemy struck her flag?" |
22305 | Bearing down upon the nearest merchantman, he hailed her; and the following conversation ensued,--"What fleet is this?" |
22305 | Brown?" |
22305 | But what could be the secret of the times of captivity? |
22305 | Could true- hearted Americans desert their friends in such a manner? |
22305 | Dacres,--"Would you like the assistance of a surgeon, or surgeon''s mate, in caring for your wounded?" |
22305 | Do you think I would serve against my country?" |
22305 | Do you want me to send the boat back for the marines?" |
22305 | Have we your consent to striking the colors?" |
22305 | Have you seen any Yankee privateers?" |
22305 | Having arrived at the determination to take the"Sandwich,"the next problem to be solved was, how shall she be taken? |
22305 | How many were there that went down with the ship? |
22305 | How, then, were the Yankees, with their puny force, to hope for success? |
22305 | In a moment the captain noticed the two, and said cheerily,--"Well, Jack, what''s wanting now?" |
22305 | Is there no lesson in this? |
22305 | Might there not be something written in sympathetic ink? |
22305 | Now, what are you going to do with so much money?" |
22305 | Pearson of the"Serapis"shouted out through the sulphurous blackness,--"Have you struck your colors?" |
22305 | Porter went in it?" |
22305 | Rodgers sprang upon the taffrail, and putting a speaking- trumpet to his lips, shouted,"What ship is that?" |
22305 | Shall I hoist it?" |
22305 | Something in the speaker''s tone aroused Preble''s interest, and he said,--"Would you like the port- fire shorter still?" |
22305 | The Americans alone were to blame for that; for was not their attitude toward England, their natural foe, enough to inflame the French? |
22305 | The boat was soon within hail, and a trim young officer in the stern- sheets sung out,--"What craft''s that?" |
22305 | They controlled the ship, it was true; but what were three men to do with a full- rigged ship on the stormy Atlantic? |
22305 | Touching his hat, the lad replied,"Commodore, will you please to have my name put down on the muster- roll?" |
22305 | Truxton mounted the rail, and shouted through a speaking- trumpet,"What ship is that?" |
22305 | Tucker exclaimed,--"''How can you expect quarters while that British flag is flying?'' |
22305 | Turning quickly to his commander, the English lieutenant asked,--"Have you struck, sir?" |
22305 | Was it wise now to order an assault that might lead to the loss of twice that number? |
22305 | Were they not representatives of the nation whose ships were seizing and burning American vessels in the West Indies almost daily? |
22305 | What course does that leave open to the Americans, save to resist the British, thereby become involved in a war, and so aid France? |
22305 | What ship is that?" |
22305 | What though a French privateer did occasionally seize an American ship? |
22305 | What, then, was the secret of the success which, as we shall see, attended the American arms on the sea? |
22305 | Who are you?" |
22305 | Who could tell that the holds of the privateers did not at that very minute contain the best part of the cargo of some captured American vessel? |
22305 | Who will help destroy her?" |
22305 | Will you stand by me?" |
22305 | shouted the captain, greatly enraged,"would you venture to interfere, if I should now impress men from that brig?" |
17547 | And has the material of the navy no connection with this bond? |
17547 | And if he is to act on the offensive, what direction will his operations take; will he secure an advance base; and if so, where? |
17547 | And this should not amaze us; for where does the Bible say or intimate that love among nations will ever be brought about? |
17547 | And what is"power,"in the sense in which officials, both military and civilian, use the word? |
17547 | Are we any more artistic, strong, or beautiful than the Greeks in their palmy days? |
17547 | Are we braver than the Spartans, more honest than the Chinese, more spiritual than the Hindoos, more religious than the Puritans? |
17547 | At what time did the change occur whereby the instrument employed dominated the human being who employed it? |
17547 | But does any military writer condemn Prussia for having made assurance too sure? |
17547 | But does any naval man believe this wholly? |
17547 | But how in a battleship carrying a thousand men does the coal- passer in the fire- room do as the captain on the bridge desires? |
17547 | But is it not equally difficult to associate carelessness with Napoleon? |
17547 | But what kind of power? |
17547 | But who will go so far? |
17547 | But why should an enemy take the trouble to invade us? |
17547 | Can any worse situation be imagined-- except the situation that would follow when the enemy arrived? |
17547 | Can commerce impart the external force necessary to divert nations from that path? |
17547 | Can we really believe that they take no part and feel no pride in those magnificent pageants on the ocean? |
17547 | China may attract the attention of some as an instance of longevity; but is China a nation in the usual meaning of the word? |
17547 | Civilization in the past has not operated to soften the relations of nations with each other, so why should it do so now? |
17547 | Did Russia fear that Japan would force the people of her vast territory into starvation? |
17547 | Did Spain do so in our last war? |
17547 | Did these things occur? |
17547 | Does not a nation give up fighting just as soon as it sees that further fighting would do more harm than good? |
17547 | For instance, the question is asked:"Do you consider it probable that such or such a thing would happen?" |
17547 | Has any country ever fought until the people as a mass were starving? |
17547 | Has starving anything to do with the matter? |
17547 | How can the General Staff at the Navy Department be trained? |
17547 | How can we have? |
17547 | How could our scouts find out anything whatever about the size, composition, and formation of the enemy-- even of his speed and direction of advance? |
17547 | How could we ascertain? |
17547 | How is it done? |
17547 | How long shall any nation stay upon the table- land? |
17547 | How was it accomplished? |
17547 | If Japan has learned our secret and mastered it in fifty years, will China not be able to do it in less than fifty years? |
17547 | Is it essential, and if so, why? |
17547 | Is it not that the helmsman acts through the medium of mechanism, while the generals act through the medium of men? |
17547 | Is not modern civilization, with its attendant complexities, rivalries, and jealousies, provocative of quarrels rather than the reverse? |
17547 | Is not the superior civilization of the present day a mechanical civilization pure and simple? |
17547 | Is there any change toward peaceful methods now? |
17547 | Is there_ no_ probability of this? |
17547 | No general answer can be given to the question:"In what detail shall the orders be?" |
17547 | Now what does the questioner mean by"probable,"and what does the officer think he means? |
17547 | Now what kind of"something"would be done under the stimulus of the outbreak of a war for which a country had not laid its plans? |
17547 | Now why are the office boy and the darky stimulated by these games? |
17547 | Of what parts should it be composed? |
17547 | Shall the United States take action now or wait until it is too late? |
17547 | Since when has a navy consisted of brass and iron? |
17547 | Since when has the mind and character of man taken a place subordinate to matter? |
17547 | So what is the outlook for the future, both for the United States and other countries? |
17547 | So what reasonable hope does even Christianity give us that war between nations will cease? |
17547 | Strictly speaking, how can there be any courage except moral courage? |
17547 | The latter is the easier way; is it the better? |
17547 | These analogies may seem forced-- but are they? |
17547 | This being the case, what forces exist that may reasonably be expected to change that trend? |
17547 | This brings us to the important question,"how powerful should our navy be?" |
17547 | This may seem absurd, and perhaps it is; but why? |
17547 | This raises the question:"What units shall we need?" |
17547 | To what are these misses due? |
17547 | WILL THE IMPORTANCE OF NAVAL POWER INCREASE OR DECREASE? |
17547 | What are we toiling for? |
17547 | What do you do? |
17547 | What is that line? |
17547 | What principles should be followed in designing, preparing, and operating it in order to get the maximum return for the money expended? |
17547 | What professional calculator, what lawyer''s clerk was ever more careful than Napoleon was, when dealing with problems of war? |
17547 | Where shall it be gotten? |
17547 | Which is the more powerful ship? |
17547 | Who should examine the reports? |
17547 | Who was ever more attentive to details, who more industrious, who more untiring? |
17547 | Why have they endured longer than the others? |
17547 | Why would she not? |
17547 | Why? |
17547 | Will civilization, commerce, or Christianity impart that force? |
17547 | Will other countries seek foreign trade? |
17547 | With Map PREFACE What is the navy for? |
17547 | With such an example before her, should we be surprised that China has also become inoculated with the virus of commercial and political ambitions? |
17547 | Would Great Britain interfere in our behalf? |