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To-day it is not the battle fleet, but the mercantile marine which in the end will determine the destiny of nations.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “To-day it is not the battle fleet, but the mercantile marine which in the end will determine the destiny of nations.”
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Coolidge asserts that commerce, rather than military might, shapes the future of nations.
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