In the late 19th century, Captian Alfred Thayer Mahan, United States Navy, responsible for developing the doctrine of U.S. Naval sea power, wrote books that were studied by every class in Annapolis. This is what he said about another book:
“Upon the Bible my life rests for whatsoever is good and strong…(Christ) is to me one who speaks with authority no less than Divine, to whom I submit where I do not understand”