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Thank God, I have done my duty.
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This is too warm work, Hardy, to last long.
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England expects every man will do his duty.
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In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.
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First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.
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A fleet of British ships of war are the best negotiators in Europe.
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Before this time tomorrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey.
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Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey.
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Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.
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My love is founded on esteem, the only foundation that can make the passion last.
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Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a sea fight beyond all others.
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The measure may be thought bold, but I am of the opinion the boldest are the safest.
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Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean.
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It is nonsense, Mr. Burke, to suppose I can live. My sufferings are great but they will soon be over.
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The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.
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I believe my arrival was most welcome, not only to the Commander of the Fleet but almost to every individual in it.
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The Neapolitan officers did not lose much honour, for God knows they had not much to lose - but they lost all they had.
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Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.
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Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.
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It is warm work; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment. But mark you! I would not be elsewhere for thousands.
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If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting.
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I will dine nowhere without your consent although with my present feelings I might be trusted with fifty virgins naked in a dark room.
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In case signals cannot be seen, or perfectly understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy.
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I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps.
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I had rather suffer death than alarm Mrs. Freemantle, by letting her see me in this state, when I can give her no tidings whatever of her husband.
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At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
Lafcadio Hearn
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Born:
September 29, 1758
Died:
October 21, 1805
(aged 47)
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