"Immediateness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... honorably attended upon another, and which secured him such great emoluments,"—for Havana proved a wealthy prize. His steps, however, upon this unexpected reversal of his plans, were again characterized by an immediateness, most honorable to his professional character, which showed how thoroughly familiar he was with the whole subject and its possible contingencies, and the consequent readiness of his mind to meet each occasion as it ...
— Types of Naval Officers - Drawn from the History of the British Navy • A. T. Mahan |
