this was a singular instance, in the achievement of which great skill was undoubtedly manifested, but which was also connected with peculiar circumstances, which they could not hope always to occur. It must not therefore, be expected, as a matter of... United States Naval Institute Proceedings - Page 492by United States Naval Institute - 1901Full view - About this book
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