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Our Country Will, I Believe, Sooner Forgive An Officer For Attacking His Enemy Than For Letting It Alone.

My Character And Good Name Are In My Own Keeping. Life With Disgrace Is Dreadful. A Glorious Death Is To Be Envied.

If I Had Been Censured Every Time I Have Run My Ship, Or Fleets Under My Command, Into Great Danger, I Should Have Long Ago Been Out Of The Service And Never In The House Of Peers.

My Love Is Founded On Esteem, The Only Foundation That Can Make The Passion Last.

When I Came To Explain To Them The 'nelson Touch', It Was Like An Electric Shock. Some Shed Tears, All Approved - 'it Was New - It Was Singular - It Was Simple!'.