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Do we not make it a point of patriotic duty to believe all the brilliant reports of the running capacity displayed by our iron-clads and double-enders?
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid critiques the tendency to uncritically accept overly optimistic reports about naval capabilities during the Civil War.
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