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Excerpt from A Candid Examination of the Resolutions and Sentence of the Court-Martial on the Trial of Admiral Byng; As Founded on the Principles of Law, Evidence, and Discipline: In a Letter to the Gentlemen of the Navy
However, it mull be confelied, this modern Doctrine of murdering forl'ji/lake, may pofiibly be attended with one Advantage at leal't; for as it is probable, no naval Commander can furvive more than one Expedition, the great Expence of Superanaation will thereby be faved to the Government and, indeed, the annual Sup plies for the Service of the Navy in a great l'v'c-a fure annihilated, from the Scarcity of Officers that will be found to prodigal of their Life and Honour, as to engage in a Service rendered {o unavoidably deflru'i'tive to both.
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