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The army and navy had plenty of bad powder and worthless vessels in…
Quote byDavid Dixon Porter · 1813–1891
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885), p. 269.
English (original)
The army and navy had plenty of bad powder and worthless vessels in fact, material for half a dozen powder-boats if necessary. I don't know whether the general claimed the powder-boat as an original idea, but there is nothing new under the sun, and such a means of attack has been employed before.
— David Dixon Porter
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