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Horatio Nelson Biography

Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. He was noted for his inspirational leadership, superb grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics, which together resulted in a number of decisive British naval victories, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was wounded several times in combat, losing the sight in one eye in Corsica and most of one arm in the unsuccessful attempt to conquer Santa Cruz de Tenerife. He was shot and killed during his final victory at the Battle of Trafalgar near the port city of Cádiz in 1805.

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I have a right to be blind sometimes.

Blind, Management, Right, Risk, Sometimes

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

British, Negotiators, Ships, War

Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.

Believe, Country, Forgiving, Letting, Officer, Sooner

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.

Long, Long Ago, Running, Service, Should Have, Time

I believe my arrival was most welcome, not only to the Commander of the Fleet but almost to every individual in it.

Believe, Commander, Fame, Individual, Welcome

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

Gain, Inspirational, Make, Use, Victory, War

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

Change, Life, Owe, Punctuality, Success In Life, Time

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 off the better.

Alone, Hands, Haste, Legs, Make, Surgeon

Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it.

Gains, Let, Merit, Palms

In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.

Die, Dies, Gained, Honour

Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year.

Emperors, Finds, Night, Order, Worn, Years

My love is founded on esteem, the only foundation that can make the passion last.

Esteem, Foundation, Founded, Love, Passion

Hardy, I do believe they have done it at last. . . my backbone is shot through.

Backbone, Believe, Done, Shot, War

It is my turn now; and if I come back, it is yours.

Back, Come, Ifs, Turn, Turns, War

The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.

Anxiety, Battle, Feels, Men, Praecordia

When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved - 'It was new - it was singular - it was simple!'.

Came, Electric Shock, Explain, Simple, Tears, Touch

Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean.

Bed, Found, Hope, May, Mediterranean, War

I am a Norfolk man and Glory in being so.

Glory, Man, Men, Norfolk

I will dine nowhere without your consent although with my present feelings I might be trusted with fifty virgins naked in a dark room.

Dark, Dine, Feelings, Love, Naked, Nowhere

Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.

Eye, Eyes, Fleet, Frigates, War

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