Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth President of the United States: A Typical AmericanS. Stone, 1901 - 413 pages |
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... fleet would be ours within forty - eight hours . Every consideration demands immediate army movement . If delayed , city will be defended more strongly by guns taken from fleet . " It was in the quiet darkness of night that an officer ...
... fleet would be ours within forty - eight hours . Every consideration demands immediate army movement . If delayed , city will be defended more strongly by guns taken from fleet . " It was in the quiet darkness of night that an officer ...
Page 134
... fleet , among their number the great two- decker Tonnant , carrying the admiral's flag , anchored off the Chandeleur Islands ; and as the current of the Mississippi was too strong to be easily breasted , the English leaders deter- mined ...
... fleet , among their number the great two- decker Tonnant , carrying the admiral's flag , anchored off the Chandeleur Islands ; and as the current of the Mississippi was too strong to be easily breasted , the English leaders deter- mined ...
Page 139
... fleet and an army of its bravest soldiers against a foreign foe to perfect that principle in its establishment , and he has lived to take his place at the head of the nation which has had the spirit to make these sacri- fices . Mr ...
... fleet and an army of its bravest soldiers against a foreign foe to perfect that principle in its establishment , and he has lived to take his place at the head of the nation which has had the spirit to make these sacri- fices . Mr ...
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... fleet fully equal to all demands that could be made upon it . Meantime events in the United States were swiftly tending to war . It was impossible for a nation of the culture and justice realized in the United States to permit without ...
... fleet fully equal to all demands that could be made upon it . Meantime events in the United States were swiftly tending to war . It was impossible for a nation of the culture and justice realized in the United States to permit without ...
Page 212
... fleet in Hamp- ton Roads , and he kept the commanders and their jackies in a ferment for a week . Whenever he thought of a drill he would like to see , he ordered it . The crews were called to quarters at night , and all sorts of ...
... fleet in Hamp- ton Roads , and he kept the commanders and their jackies in a ferment for a week . Whenever he thought of a drill he would like to see , he ordered it . The crews were called to quarters at night , and all sorts of ...
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