So far as the author knows, he in this respect deserves credit for an originality remarkable in one who had the training neither of a seaman nor of a military man.
[11] La Serre: Essais Hist.

et Crit.

sur la Marine Francaise.
[12] Lapeyrouse-Bonfils: Hist.

de la Marine Francaise.
[13] Jurien de la Graviere: Guerres Maritimes.
[14] Since the above was written, the secretary of the navy, in his report for 1889, has recommended a fleet which would make such a blockade as here suggested very hazardous.
[15] The word "defence" in war involves two ideas, which for the sake of precision in thought should be kept separated in the mind.

There is defence pure and simple, which strengthens itself and awaits attack.
This may be called passive defence.