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A captain of the Navy ought to be a man of strong and well connected sense, with a tolerable good education, a gentleman, as well as a seaman both in theory and practice.

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It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

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I have not yet begun to fight!

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I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

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If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.

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I propose not our enemies as an example for our general imitation, yet, as their navy is the best regulated of any in the world, we must, in some degree, imitate them and aim at such farther improvement as may one day make ours vie with - and exceed - theirs.

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It is to the last degree distressing to contemplate the state and establishment of our navy... unless the private emolument of individuals in our navy is made superior to that in privateers, it never can become respectable; it never will become formidable. And without a respectable navy - alas, America!

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Since human wisdom cannot secure us from accidents, it is the greatest effort of reason to bear them well.

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America has been the country of my fond election from the age of thirteen, when I first saw it. I had the honour to hoist with my own hands the flag of freedom, the first time it was displayed, on the Delaware; and I have attended it with veneration ever since on the ocean.

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I must repeat what I asserted formerly, that unless some happy expedient can be fallen upon to induce the seamen to enter into the service for a longer term than twelve months, it will never be possible to bring them under proper subordination; and subordination is as necessary, nay, far more so in the fleet than in the army.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Soldier

Born: July 6th, 1747

Died: July 18th, 1792

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