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5747. NAVY, Bravery of.—[further continued] .

At sea we have rescued
our character; but the chief fruit of our victories
there is to prove to those who have
fleets, that the English are not invincible at
sea, as Alexander has proved that Bonaparte
is not invincible by land.—
To Samuel Brown. Washington ed. vi, 165.
(M. July. 1813)