army-and-navy

Updated: May 23, 2025

And that he had demonstrated one of the principal contentions of the army-and-navy adherents that military training was necessary for the salvation of personal courage in the Pan-American race which for generations had had to face no dangers more grave than those incident to ordinary life in a highly civilized community, safeguarded by every means at the disposal of a perfectly organized and all-powerful government utilizing the best that advanced science could suggest.

Edgar Rice Burroughs - The Lost Continent