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against the French; while it was as four to three in 

 favor of the Americans. These figures give some 

 'idea of the effectiveness of the various navies. At 

 any rate they show that we had found out what the 

 European nations had for many years in vain 

 striven to discover a way to do more damage than 

 we received in a naval contest with England. 



