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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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
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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England expects that every man will do his duty.
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Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.
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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 cannot command winds and weather.
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