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Mahan’s theory of sea power
Liu, Cixin • The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Book 2)
Nathaniel Courthope,
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
The gentlemanly, but slightly Benthamite, gun-room were strict observers of the naval etiquette that prevented any subordinate from speaking to his captain without being spoken to first; and they had grown thoroughly used to Captain Hamond, to whose mind this was a congenial rigour. And then again they were a proud set of men – most of them could a
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How I hate a man that makes scenes, particularly in this weather, when the least exertion brings you out in a muck-sweat. Everybody is furious in this weather.
Patrick O'Brian • HMS Surprise
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