Instead of that, we have been constructing the navy as an exotic, forcing it to grow without a favoring atmosphere, establishing it with officers and not with men, educating cadets on land, and not educating sailors on the ocean.
Blaine critiques the U.S. Navy's development and its lack of proper training for sailors.
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