Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all Events and the Justice of our Cause. I thank God for this great opportunity of doing my Duty.

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In response to the cheer that was raised after he sent the signal "England expects every Man will do his Duty.", as quoted in James Stanier Clarke and John McArthur, The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. from His Lordship's Manuscripts (1810), p. 667

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