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The Two Admirals

Autor James Fenimore Cooper
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 mai 1990
It is a strong proof of the diffusive tendency of every thing in this country, that America never yet collected a fleet. Nothing is wanting to this display of power but the will. But a fleet requires only one commander, and a feeling is fast spreading in the country that we ought to be all commanders; unless the spirit of unconstitutional innovation, and usurpation, that is now so prevalent, at Washington, be controlled, we may expect to hear of proposals to send a committee of Congress to sea, in command of a squadron. We sincerely hope that their first experiment may be made on the coast of Africa. It has been said of Napoleon that he never could be made to understand why his fleets did not obey his orders with the same accuracy, as to time and place, as his corps d'armee. He made no allowances for the winds and currents, and least of all, did he comprehend that all important circumstance, that the efficiency of a fleet is necessarily confined to the rate of sailing of the dullest of its ships. More may be expected from a squadron of ten sail, all of which shall be average vessels, in this respect, than from the same number of vessels, of which one half are fast and the remainder dull. One brigade can march as fast as another, but it is not so with vessels. The efficiency of a marine, therefore, depends rather on its working qualities, than on its number of ships.
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ISBN-13: 9780887069055
ISBN-10: 0887069053
Pagini: 511
Dimensiuni: 164 x 237 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.92 kg
Editura: State University of New York Press

Notă biografică

Geboren am 15.09.1789 in Burlington, New Jersey, gestorben am 14.09.1851 in Cooperstown.Cooper war das 12. Kind des Landbesitzers William Cooper, dem Begrüder von Cooperstown am Otsego-See im Bundeststaat New York. Er besuchte ab 1803 das Yale College, war von 1806-1807 bei der Handelsmarine und von 1808-1810 bei der Kreigsmarine. Mit seiner Heirat 1811 endete seine nautische Karrierre, wenig später begann er seine schriftstellerische Laufbahn.