First gain the victory and then make the best use ... -Horatio Nelson

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

Horatio Nelson , Admiral
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I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor....
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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 opportunity of doing my dut...
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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 offendi...
Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone....
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 ...
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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