Bases
- Naval Station Argentia, Argentia, Newfoundland
- Naval Base, Bermuda
- Naval Base, Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey
- Naval Base Cavite, Cavite, Philippine Islands
- Naval Base, Chagaramus, Chagaramus, Trinidad
- Charleston Naval Base, North Charleston, South Carolina
- Naval Base, Funafuti, Funafuti, Ellice Islands
- Naval Base, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
- Norfolk Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia
- Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Yorktown, Virginia
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“The bases for historical knowledge are not empirical facts but written texts, even if these texts masquerade in the guise of wars or revolutions.”
—Paul Deman (1919–1983)
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“In the beginning was the word, the word
That from the solid bases of the light
Abstracted all the letters of the void....”
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