Word: precociousâ
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...facts were blindingly obvious, claimed the precocious??Harvard graduate in his book The Naval War of 1812, or the History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain. First, in the eternal Darwinian struggle that took place between calculating, egoistic nation-states, it was essential for one country--in this case, the U.S. at the close of the 19th century--to avoid "a miserly economy in preparation for war." And for a state as dependent on sea power as America, it was unthinkable that the nation "rely for defence [sic] upon a navy composed partly...
...Harvard?a fact which seems to have annoyed certain stiff-jointed metropolitan pundits, who, holding Whitman to be an object for grave veneration, have almost called Cameron Rogers an overweening puppy. But young Author Rogers is not overweening nor has he overreached his powers. He is mature, not precocious???maybe as the result of a cosmopolitan upbringing. He and his brothers were schooled in Switzerland. His summer vacations from college were all spent with the Meynell family in England?authors Wilfrid and Alice and their talented children. After college, where he had played at football and tennis as well...
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