No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without acquiring sea power.
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A tough but nervous, tenacious but restless race the Yankees materially ambitious, yet prone to introspection, and subject to waves of religious emotion.... A race whose typical member is eternally torn between a passion for righteousness and a desire to get on in the world.Samuel Eliot Morison
He Columbus enjoyed long stretches of pure delight such as only a seaman may know, and moments of high, proud exultation that only a discoverer can experience.
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On her first voyage, the Columbia had solved the riddle of the China trade. On her second, empire followed in the wake.
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A few hints as to literary craftsmanship may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing.
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The freedmen were not really free in 1865, nor are most of their descendants really f ree in 1965. Slavery was but one aspect of a race and color problem that is still far from solution here, or anywhere. In America particularly, the grapes of wrath have not yet yielded all their bitter vintage.
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