A Fighting Frigate
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Lodge, Henry Cabot) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from A Fighting Frigate: And Other Essays and Addresses The United States frigate Constitution has come back to Boston and to Massachusetts. She floats again upon the waters into which she rushed as she left the builder´s ways a hundred years ago. She returns to us stripped of her masts and spars, of her sails and guns, of all that once made her a thing of life. She is little more now than a hulk, roofed over and weather-beaten, helpless and motionless on the sea where once she rode triumphant. Curious inquirers have been at pains to tell us that of the ship launched in 1797 scarcely anything remains; that in her long career she has been made over from truck to keel. So be it. Whether the statement is true or false matters not. It is not a given mass of wood and iron which touches our hearts and stirs our pride. It is the old ship herself, because she is the visible symbol of a great past, charged with noble memories, and representing sentiments, aspirations, and beliefs far more lasting than "Brass eternal, slave to mortal rage." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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