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Thus encouraged by foreign powers they began to build and fit out in neutral ports a class of vessels constructed mainly for speed, and whose acknowledged mission is not to fight, but to rob, to burn, and to fly.
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Blaine discusses the construction of vessels intended for piracy rather than legitimate warfare.
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