On the record
The greatest ocean on the globe has been put in our hands, the ocean that is to bear the commerce of the Twentieth Century.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “The greatest ocean on the globe has been put in our hands, the ocean that is to bear the commerce of the Twentieth…”
Editor's note · Context
Reid emphasizes the strategic importance of the ocean for future commerce in the 20th century.
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