The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, Volume 20Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903 |
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... navy and an army adequate to our needs ; shrink from seeing us do our share of the world's work , by bringing order out of chaos in the great , fair tropic islands from which the valor of our soldiers and sailors has driven the Spanish ...
... navy and an army adequate to our needs ; shrink from seeing us do our share of the world's work , by bringing order out of chaos in the great , fair tropic islands from which the valor of our soldiers and sailors has driven the Spanish ...
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... navy . If twenty years ago we had gone to war , we should have found the navy as abso- lutely unprepared as the army . At that time our ships could not have encountered with success the fleets of Spain any more than nowadays we can put ...
... navy . If twenty years ago we had gone to war , we should have found the navy as abso- lutely unprepared as the army . At that time our ships could not have encountered with success the fleets of Spain any more than nowadays we can put ...
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... navy . Keep in mind the secretaries of the navy during those years ; keep in mind the senators and congressmen who by their votes gave the money necessary to build and to armor the ships , to construct the great guns , and to train the ...
... navy . Keep in mind the secretaries of the navy during those years ; keep in mind the senators and congressmen who by their votes gave the money necessary to build and to armor the ships , to construct the great guns , and to train the ...
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... navy , and , for the sake of the future of the country , keep in mind those who opposed its building up . Read the " Congres- sional Record . " Find out the senators and con- gressmen who opposed the grants for building the new ships ...
... navy , and , for the sake of the future of the country , keep in mind those who opposed its building up . Read the " Congres- sional Record . " Find out the senators and con- gressmen who opposed the grants for building the new ships ...
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... navy . There is no body from which the country has less to fear , and none of which it should be prouder , none which it should be more anxious to upbuild . Our army needs complete reorganization , -not merely enlarging , and the ...
... navy . There is no body from which the country has less to fear , and none of which it should be prouder , none which it should be more anxious to upbuild . Our army needs complete reorganization , -not merely enlarging , and the ...
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