41/93 There is a first, a second, a third, and so on. So that there exists no doubt as to the result of naval wars. It is the same word which, unfortunately in a corrupt form, is used to-day among several European nations to designate the highest grade in the naval service. But as there was but one Emiral among the Penguins, a singular prestige, if I dare say so, was attached to that rank. A child of the people, he was loved by the people. |