Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.


The dispatches and letters of vice admiral... Nelson, with notes by sir N.H. Nicolas (ed. 1846)

Horatio Nelson Quotes

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.