Word: nationalities
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...inauguration of our first president will be loyally answered by the most practical citizens among us, and it is to be hoped that Harvard, the leading university in the land, will be among the first to celebrate the occasion and express gratitude for the present prosperity of our nation. Therefore, may Tuesday morning not find a lack of patriotism among us, and may there not be an opportunity offered to the outside world further to display Harvard in difference...
...present navy is utterly inadequate. (a) to guard the coast; (b) to protect commerce; (c) to police the seas; (d) to uphold our dignity abroad:- Donaldson's Public Domain, p. 464, Congressional Record, vol. XV., pp. 1089-94; Nation, vol. XXXI...
...need a navy in anticipation of war; (a) war is usually unexpected; North American Review, vol. XCVIII, pp. 462-467; (b) time is needed; (1) to build a navy and to train seamen.- Nation, vol. XLI pp. 503 et. seq. (2) to encourage better methods of naval warfare.- North American Review, Jan., 1889, p. 15, quotation; Fortnightly Review, vol. L. pp. 546, et seq.; Forum...
Best general references: Century Magazine, April, 1889; The Nation, April...
...ought to take measures to protect ourselves at home rather than to make ourselves formidable abroad.- The Nation, April...