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voor de liefhebbers van WO1 :)

Our Many Sided Navy (1914)
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All the world loves a bluejacket, but not all the world can understand him, the essentially human side of his life, his professional enthusiasm, his pride in his ship, and his noble, unselfish devotion to his country and to his flag. All this, and more, the landsman may be willing to believe ; but grasp it he cannot unless he has actually made the ship at sea his home, messed with her officers and mingled with her crew, and absorbed the atmosphere—unlike anything on shore—that pervades every compartment of that great floating community of a thousand souls encased within those walls of steel. The vital need of the navy of the United States today is to have the people of the United States know more about it and care more about it. It is one thing to have the navy popular. But when that popularity is accompanied by a total ignorance of, and indifference to, the nature and meaning of the service, it is a doubtful advantage, calculated to do harm rather than good. 

Thanks to Sea MOunt :)