Teddy Roosevelt: “It is no more possible to improvise a crew than it is possible to…”

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It is no more possible to improvise a crew than it is possible to improvise a war ship.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt compares the necessity of well-trained crews to the impossibility of improvising a warship, stressing the importance of preparation.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is no more possible to improvise a crew than it is possible to improvise a war ship.”