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...lively skirmish"; to his second in command, Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Hood, "a feeble action"; to George Washington, its greatest beneficiary, "a partial engagement." There is not even agreement on its name. Says Author Larrabee: "You will find it called the Battle of the Chesapeake, of Chesapeake Bay, of Lynnhaven Bay, of Cape Henry, and of the Capes of Virginia." To this day not many Americans have heard of it. Yet the Battle of the Virginia Capes, as it is officially called by the U.S. Office of Naval History, was one of the decisive engagements in the history of warfare...
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...expressed before the galleries. No sightseers observe the Cabinet in argument, excitement or perplexity. You cannot tune in on the White House static. Before a Presidential Proclamation, the controversial clashes have been hushed in the sanctity of the Cabinet Chambers. The Ancient Order of Sphinxes or a Convention of Lynnhaven Oysters is no more efficiently safeguarded from eager ears than the Cabinet. . . . "The worst that can be honestly said of Congress, is that it exhibits the human equation performing under a spotlight. The best that can be said is, that the United States is in pretty good shape after years...
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