Word: protects
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Colleges should adopt some new plan. - (a). To protect genuine scholars against the loss of time caused by the slow progress of idle classmates. - (b). To enable professional students to shorten their college course: Nation, XLIX, 425. - (c). This is shown by decrease in per cent. of college graduates. - (1). In professional schools: Ed. Rev. I, 4-5. - (2). In the population at large: Harv...
...needs a large navy. - (1) In case of war between foreign nations. - (a) To preserve her neutrality; Rep. of Sec. of Navy, p. 32 - (b) To protect American citizens living abroad. Cong. Rec. vol. 20, pt. 2, p. 1440; - (2) If involved in war. - (a) to guard her coasts from foreign attack; Forum vol. 6, p. 370; vol. 9, pp. 326, 327; - (b) To protect her commerce. - (c) To prey upon the commerce of the enemy as in 1812; History of the U. S., Adams, vol. II p. 160. - (3) In time of peace. - (a) To add weight...
...navy of the U. S. should be increased as (1) It is too small to protect her interests. N. A. Rev. vol. 149, p. 57. - (2) Peace is more likely to be maintained if prepared for war. - (3). The navies of other countries of great commercial importance are much larger. Statesman's Year Book, 1892, pp. 59, 488, 549, 1079. - (4) It is more economical to support a navy for years than to suffer loss resulting from the destruction of our commerce in a few weeks: Forum vol. 9, p. 326. - (5) The navy cannot be increased from our mercantile...
...large navy is not necessary, (a) U. S. has no colonies to protect; (b) The shipping, - American goods being shipped in foreign patterns. (c) Present navy effective agst. an enemy's commerce; Holman in Cong. Record, vol. 21, pp. 175-178. (d) Present navy sufficient to uphold national dignity. (e) There is no probability of a war with a strong nation...
...would be unwise for the U. S. to protect Spanish American States from foreign aggression - (a) It would involve us in European politics; Stat...