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Earl Russell himself, so swift to make this concession, is led to confess the necessity of Prize Courts on the part of ocean belligerents, and thus exposes the irrational character of his own work.
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He critiques Earl Russell for acknowledging the need for Prize Courts while undermining his own arguments.
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