 None other than a gentleman, as well as a seaman both in theory and practice, is qualified to support the character of a commission officer in the navy; nor is any man fit to command a ship of war who is not also capable of communicating his ideas on...  The Making of America - Page 318edited by - 1906Full view - About this book
 | John Henry Sherburne - United States - 1825 - 374 pages
...commander in the navy ought to be a man of strong and well connected sense, witb a tolerable education, a gentleman as well as a seaman, both in theory and practice : for want of learning and rude ungentle manners are by no means characteristic of an officer." There... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - United States - 1825 - 400 pages
...commander in the navy ought to be a man of strong and well connected sense, with a tolerable education, a gentleman as well as a seaman, both in theory and practice : for want of learning and rude ungentle manners are by no means characteristic of an officer." There... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American essays - 1830 - 580 pages
...felt his own early deficiencies, and nobly surmounted them, in a great degree. "None other," he says, "than a gentleman, as well as a seaman both in theory...is any man fit to command a ship of war, who is not capable of communicating his ideas on paper, in language that becomes his rank." Again,— " I had... | |
 | American literature - 1830 - 574 pages
...felt his own early deficiencies, and nobly surmounted them, in a great degree. "None other," he says, "than a gentleman, as well as a seaman both in theory and practice, ia qualified to support the character of a commissioned officer In the navy ; nor is any man fit Jo... | |
 | John Paul Jones - History - 1830 - 578 pages
...follows not that the gentleman or man of merit should be neglected or overlooked on their account. None other than a gentleman, as well as a seaman both...practice, is qualified to support the character of a commission officer in the navy ; nor is any man fit to command a ship of war who is not also capable... | |
 | John Paul Jones - United States - 1830 - 358 pages
...follows not that the gentleman or man of merit should be neglected or overlooked on their account. None other than a gentleman, as well as a seaman both...practice, is qualified to support the character of a commission officer in the navy; nor is any man fit to command a ship of war who is not also capable... | |
 | American periodicals - 1870 - 878 pages
...commander in the navy should be " a man of strong and well-connected sense, with a tolerable education ; a gentleman as well as a seaman, both in theory and practice ; want of learning, and rude, ungentle manners, being by no means characteristic of an officer." He... | |
 | John Paul Jones - 1845 - 416 pages
...follows not that the gentleman or man of merit should be neglected or overlooked on their account. None other than a gentleman, as well as a seaman both...practice, is qualified to support the character of a commission officer in the navy ; nor is any man fit to command a ship of war who is not also capable... | |
 | John Henry Sherburne - United States - 1851 - 434 pages
...commander in the navy ought to be a man of strong and well connected sense, with a tolerable education, a gentleman as well as a seaman, both in theory and practice : for want of learning, and rude, ungentle manners are by no means characteristic of an officer." There... | |
 | John Paul Jones - Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792 - 1855 - 560 pages
...follows not that the gentleman or man of merit should be neglected or overlooked on their account. None other than a gentleman, as well as a seaman both...practice, is qualified to support the character of a commission officer in the navy ; nor is any man fit to command a ship of war who is not also capable... | |
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