...which at the beginning of the war covered every sea. This is an achievement of which you may well feel proud, and a grateful country will not be unmindful...extends! Shall that name be tarnished by defeat? The 20 tiling is impossible! Remember that you are in the English Channel, that theatre of so much of the...

...presented to yon since you sank the Hatteras. In the meantime yon have been all over the world, and it is not too much to say that you have destroyed and...name be tarnished by defeat? The thing is impossible. Eemember that yon are in the English Channel, the theater of so ranch of the naval glory of our race,...

...crew together to hear a rousing speech, reminiscent of Napoleon's First Order to his army in Italy: "The name of your ship has become a household word...be tarnished by defeat? The thing is impossible!" And Alabama*, crewmen, aroused at the word "defeat," answered: "Never! Never!" But Semmes himself was...

...not too much to say that you have destroyed, and driven for protection under neutral flags, one half of the enemy's commerce, which, at the beginning of...defeat? The thing is impossible! Remember that you are on the English Channel, the theatre of so much of the naval glory of our race, and that the eyes of...

...international policeman. Semmes harangued his officers and crew in Napoleonic fashion, assuring them that "the name of your ship has become a household word...be tarnished by defeat? The thing is impossible." The "Kearsarge" drew offshore a few miles, followed by her antagonist; then turning, she was saluted...