Mahan wrote that all the great nations in history had possessed great sea power.

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They emerge from this indifferent primal realm, This mixture of salt and sea waters, that is the source of all being and the source of ultimate power, But they age and they mature and they fight and they die.

他们都来自没有差别的原始王国，那盐和水的混合体就是一切生物的本源,也是极权的来源，但是他们会成长，成熟，战争，又死去。

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The problem was if you have a basically landlocked power and want to get to the sea, then you'd better have a navy.

问题是,如果你是一个强大的内陆国家,你想使自己的势力到达海洋,最好要有一支海军

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Sea power,Mahan said, was more than a strong navy.

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