Questions

This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

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40958	The master asks,"All ready forward?"
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?
34459	What makes it more reliable than others?
34459	A reed has for centuries been a favourite example of weakness and untrustworthiness, so how can reeds be made to form a safe bridge?
34459	Again, let us suppose that while the air is absent the force of gravity comes into play, what effect will that have?
34459	And now we can consider the first great feature of this wonderful invention and ask ourselves these questions:"By what means is it made to open?"
34459	And now, how about the methyl alcohol?
34459	But if the varnish manufacturer is to have alcohol duty- free what is to prevent him from using some of it for drinking?
34459	But perhaps someone will say, how can you possibly talk about final results in a matter which is still in its infancy?
34459	But still a liquid remains: what can that be?
34459	But suppose that there were a wind blowing: would not the parachute come down in a slanting direction and then drag the man along?
34459	But when we each connect to both his wires, do we not"short- circuit"or connect them to each other, thereby destroying his circuit?
34459	But, someone may think, does not a rapidly- moving body remain to some extent unaffected by gravity?
34459	Could it be that he, a teetotaller and temperance advocate, was going to supply all his workers with whiskey?
34459	Extra Crown 8vo, 5s._"What need nowadays to praise Prof. Church''s skill in presenting classical stories to young readers?
34459	How then can dimensions such as these be dealt with easily and quickly in the rough conditions of a large workshop?
34459	Moreover, what becomes of the sodium?
34459	Or may he not alight upon a tree or the roof of a house, only to be pulled off again and flung headlong?
34459	Or was he going to close the places so as to stop the supply of that tempting drink?
34459	The question then arises, what starts and stops the motor at precisely the right moments to produce this result?
34459	There is little need to describe them here, for who among us has not intimate friends who used them again and again?
34459	This question then arose in many minds, Why not make cast iron shells?
34459	What are the models made of and how are they made?
34459	What is happening, then, to the atoms of radium, which causes them to show these curious effects and to give off these strange rays?
34459	What then is this precious liquid and how is it produced?
34459	What, then, are these rays?
34459	What, then, is a shell?
34459	Who has not heard of the"tanks"which made such a name for themselves when they suddenly appeared in Northern France?
34459	Why not armour a large centipede, said someone?
34459	Why, you say, what currents could change more rapidly than telephone currents carrying speech, yet they go for hundreds of miles?
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?
28377	What experience of command,says one of the most eminent,"can a general have, before he is called to command?
28377	''And how could that disaster be avoided?''
28377	And what holds men''s hearts like blood- relationship, permitted free course and given occasional manifestation and exchange?
28377	And, especially, how shall the total tonnage invested in armored ships be divided?
28377	But how about Germany?
28377	But what can I say to them that they do not know?
28377	But what objection can we urge, or what can we do, with a navy"for defence only,"in the military sense of the word"defence"?
28377	But what of that?
28377	But, it may be urged, will not your slowest speed be much increased, if every vessel be originally faster?
28377	Could the decision of another, whether nation or court, excuse our nation from the ultimate responsibility of its own decision?
28377	For what are fleets built, if not to be lost?''
28377	How shall that tonnage be allotted?
28377	Is it not that she is expected to make so many knots?
28377	Is it to busy yourself with precautions here, and precautions there, in every direction, to head him off when he comes?
28377	It is natural to ask why not build them all equally fast?
28377	Off Havana, or at Hampton Roads?
28377	The task is great; who is sufficient for it?
28377	Under such circumstances, does any moral obligation lie upon a powerful neighboring state?
28377	War has been avoided; but what of the national consciences that beheld such iniquity and withheld the hand?
28377	What are the conditions of success?
28377	What but war rent the veil which prevented the English- speaking communities from seeing eye to eye, and revealed to each the face of a brother?
28377	What could we then have done?
28377	What political power is stable save that which holds men''s hearts?
28377	When thus concentrated, where should it be placed?
28377	Where is the folly of the one conception or of the other?
28377	Where will you strike your mean between numbers and individual size?
28377	Where, indeed, should he go?
28377	Which shall we follow?
28377	Why do four ships not go out to fight twenty?
28377	Why, then, provide the latter?
28377	Why?
28377	Will you have a few very big ships, or more numerous medium ships?
28377	You ask again:''If it does not go out, if it does not hasten to seek death, what is the use of squadrons?
28377	and does not religion share the same reproach, and conscience also?
28377	and the experience of what one commander, even after years of warfare, can cover all cases?"
28377	which now ornaments our editorial columns; but hard words break no bones, and the practical question would remain,"What are you going to do about it?"
15299	Does Mr. Pitt,said he,"not know that Mr. Fox was of all persons most offensive to him?"
15299	Had not Fox always cheered the popular Government of France, and had he not always advocated peace with bloodstained rebels? 15299 Well, Hardy,"says Nelson to him,"how goes the battle?"
15299	What will Nelson think of us?
15299	Who has lived as long as he chose? 15299 Would our ancestors have done it?"
15299	And, after all, does not mine furnish, on the whole, a record which does me honour?
15299	But have I anything to resemble these?
15299	But what of Nelson?
15299	Do you not think more highly of Nelson than of the best engineers who construct fortifications?
15299	Do you suppose I did it in order that some disaster should be the result?
15299	Drake quickly disillusioned him, and demanded,"If we are not at war, why have English merchants been arrested?"
15299	For what other reason do you think I disobeyed orders?
15299	Hardy is long in coming; he fears that he may be killed, and calls out,"Will no one bring Hardy to me?"
15299	Is it an ideal ambition to bring it about?
15299	Is it possible that he knew that Nelson was her father, and believed in the purity of his friendship for Emma and himself?
15299	May not the people give their own Magistrate the name they choose?"
15299	The colonies are to France only a secondary object; and does not your Majesty already possess more than you know how to preserve?
15299	To destroy our finances?
15299	To form a coalition with some Powers on the Continent?
15299	To renew intestine troubles?
15299	To wrest from France her colonies?
15299	What business had he, as the first sailor in the world, to enter into such a compact with another man''s wife?
15299	What difference would his lack of knowledge have made?
15299	What family as numerous could make a finer impression?"
15299	What family, in similar circumstances, would have done better?
15299	What is the good of it if it turns out nothing but unrestrained confusion?
15299	What need was there for Nelson to take umbrage at and violate the treaty made by Foote in the British name?
15299	Where''s the foot will not flinch or fly?
15299	Where''s the heart that aspires the fray?
15299	Who can stop him?"
15299	Who so confident as to defy Time, the fellest of mortals''foes Joints in his armour who can spy?
15299	Why bleeds old England''s band By the fire of Danish land, That smites the very hand Stretched to save?
15299	Why ceased not here the strife, Oh, ye brave?
15299	Why"luckily"?
15299	Will they let us have any?
15299	Your nation is at the highest point of prosperity, what can it hope from war?
15299	_ 3rd Verse_: Drake, he''s in his hammock till the great Armadas come,( Capten, art tha sleepin''there below?)
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?