Remarks Before the Mothers' Congress
03/12/1905
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Yet there wasn't a touch of nervousness among the men, there was no sign of any one being rattled.
If our navy is good enough, we have a long career of peace before us.
When the accident occurred there were fully twenty minutes when every man knew that any moment the ship might sink.
Nothing has given Americans better cause for satisfaction than the way target practice has gone up in the navy.