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Editorials
March 29, 1922 issue

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The article presents information related to several issues. The American seaman is like the pocket handkerchief in the magician's silk hat. Now one sees him and now one don't. During the last half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth he was one of the chief sources of national pride. Sailing ships, American made, American owned, and American manned, went all over the world and more than anything else, perhaps, built reputation for daring, resourcefulness, and hardihood. According to another information, those who believe that revolutions are made neither by the pen nor the sword but by new inventions will find a fascinating subject for speculation in the sudden and amazing growth in the use of radio.

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SAILORS; EIGHTEENTH century; SAILING ships; SHIPBUILDING; REPUTATION (Sociology); REVOLUTIONS
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