In naval operations the speed of movement of the forces is so great that crises develop and pass with a rapidity unexampled formerly; so that delays of any kind, or due to any causes, must be prevented if that be possible.

If a swordsman directs a thrust at the heart, the thrust must be parried--_in time_.
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