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138  weakened in peace, while she is rendered powerless at sea in war; and that unless she withdraws from it in time of peace she will be held bound by it in time of war, not by her enemy alone, but also by the neutral nations who will profit by it. That it is therefore necessary that Great Britain should without delay withdraw from the Declaration of Paris, and declare it not to be binding. 

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