I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.
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Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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, 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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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 duty.
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It is warm work; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment. But mark you! I would not be elsewhere for thousands. - at the Battle of Copenhagen.
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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.
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