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  • To be excluded from the advantages which others have ob* tained only by avoiding the fervice, cannot but deprefs the fpirit of thofe whofe zeal and courage incited them at the beginning of tbe war to enter into the fleet; and to dejeft thofe from whom we expeft. defenceand honour, is neither prudent norjuft.

    Debates in Parliament 1787

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