On the bridge, in the gun-turrets, in the engine-room, and behind the quick-firers, every one alike, from the highest to the lowest, was eager for the war, and was in heart, mind, and body, of the very type which makes the best kind of fighting man.
Roosevelt describes the universal eagerness and ideal fighting spirit displayed by American naval personnel during the war.
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