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Dupont's Failure at Charleston Harbor

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 22, 1874

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 44, No. 14.

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Dupont's Failure at Charleston Harbor

Admiral Dupont was once explaining to Farragut the reason why he failed to enter Charleston Harbor with his fleet of iron clads. He gave this reason, and that reason, and the other reason; and Farragut remained silent until he had got through, and then said, “Ah, Dupont, there was one more reason.” “What is that?” “You didn’t believe you could do it!”