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Our naval bases and coaling - stations are , in fact , the links in the chain of sea - command which it is the duty of the Navy to establish through every sea in which British possessions are to be found or on which British commerce ...
Our naval bases and coaling - stations are , in fact , the links in the chain of sea - command which it is the duty of the Navy to establish through every sea in which British possessions are to be found or on which British commerce ...
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The naval strength of England is relatively diminishing , but in its time it has been bitterly attacked as a menace to the Continent , and this though the British people without an army have for the last three generations been powerless ...
The naval strength of England is relatively diminishing , but in its time it has been bitterly attacked as a menace to the Continent , and this though the British people without an army have for the last three generations been powerless ...
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As the years go by , and the struggle for naval supremacy becomes yearly more acute , the Australian Commonwealth will find herself more and more under the shadow of the expanding naval strength of the Northern Pacific Powers .
As the years go by , and the struggle for naval supremacy becomes yearly more acute , the Australian Commonwealth will find herself more and more under the shadow of the expanding naval strength of the Northern Pacific Powers .
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