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Excerpt from The Life and Letters of Admiral Dewey From Montpelier to Manila: Containing Reproductions in Fac-Simile of Hitherto Unpublished Letters of George Dewey During the Admiral's Naval Career and Extracts From His Log-Book He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of all below! To this sad and almost universal law, it has remained for Admiral Dewey to furnish a conspicuous exception. Nor does there seem to be any well-founded apprehension that the present partial judgment of the American people will be hereafter reversed by some sudden caprice or prejudice of the coming age. George Dewey has emerged into the broad field Of world-wide observation and renown under conditions that are strikingly peculiar. It does not appear that in life Or manner he is greatly changed from what he was prior to the great apparition of 1898. It does not appear that in character he is a purer or nobler man than he was on the Colorado, in the Mediterranean, thirty years ago. The change in his relative rank has been simply a reve lation; and when a revelation is to be made in human history, there must be something to be revealed! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.