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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.

  Horatio Nelson

  Fighting, Men, Hands

  Horatio Nelson's statement, August 1801.

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• Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight

  Horatio Nelson

  Fighting, Sea, Chance

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• In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.

  Horatio Nelson

  Honour, Dies

  "The life of Nelson". Book by Robert Southey, 1813.

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• My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

  Horatio Nelson

  Character, Names, Horatio

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.18, Cambridge University Press

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• 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!'.

  Horatio Nelson

  Simple, Electric Shock, Tears

  Horatio Nelson (2012). “The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol II. With A Supplement Of Interesting Letters By Distinguished Characters”, p.69, tredition

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• Hardy, I do believe they have done it at last... my backbone is shot through.

  Horatio Nelson

  War, Believe, Done

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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.

  Horatio Nelson

  Sight, Umpires, Done

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.230, Cambridge University Press

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• Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.

  Horatio Nelson

  Hands, Haste, Legs

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.422, Cambridge University Press

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• Thank God I have done my duty. Drink, drink. Fan, fan. Rub, rub. Kiss me, Hardy.

  Horatio Nelson

  Kissing, Thank God, Fans

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• Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.

  Horatio Nelson

  War, Eye

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• There can be no place for self entirely

  Horatio Nelson

  Self

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• 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.

  Horatio Nelson

  Running, Long Ago, Should Have

  Horatio Nelson (1846). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.353

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• Thank God I have done my duty.

  Horatio Nelson

  War, Thank God, Done

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.251, Cambridge University Press

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• A ship's a fool to fight a fort.

  Horatio Nelson

  War, Fighting, Ships

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• I am a Norfolk man and Glory in being so.

  Horatio Nelson

  Men, Glory, Norfolk

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• I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!

  Horatio Nelson

  Eye, Sometimes, Blind

  1801 Said to Captain Foley during the Battle of Copenhagen, 2 Apr. Nelson disregarded the order of his superior, Admiral Hyde-Parker, to break off action and went on to win the engagement.

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• I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea.

  Horatio Nelson

  Blow, Sea, Hours

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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.

  Horatio Nelson

  Believe, Welcome, Fame

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.60, Cambridge University Press

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• England expects every man to do his duty

  Horatio Nelson

  Men, England, Duty

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• Our Country will, I believe, sooner forgive an Officer for attacking his Enemy than for letting it alone.

  Horatio Nelson

  Country, Believe, Forgiving

  Horatio Nelson's statement regarding the attack on Bastia, Corsica (May 3, 1794) as quoted in "The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, with Notes by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Volume I: 1777-1794" edited by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (p. 393), 1845.

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• My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.

  Horatio Nelson

  Country, Kings, Offending

  Horatio Nelson's letter to his mistress Lady Hamilton, 1800.

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• I have a right to be blind sometimes.

  Horatio Nelson

  Risk, Management, Sometimes

  1801 Said to Captain Foley during the Battle of Copenhagen, 2 Apr. Nelson disregarded the order of his superior, Admiral Hyde-Parker, to break off action and went on to win the engagement.

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• Had we taken ten sails, and let the eleventh to escape, being able to get at her, I could never have called it well done.

  Horatio Nelson

  Military, Taken, Done

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• Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made.

  Horatio Nelson

  Neutrality, Break, Made

  Horatio Nelson (1846). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.223

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• Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it.

  Horatio Nelson

  Gains, Merit, Palms

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