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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.

— Horatio Nelson

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"I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time and it has made a man of me."

First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

England expects every Man will do his Duty.

The Battle of Trafalgar (1805)

Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey.

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.

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