May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my Country and for the benefit of Europe in general a great and glorious victory; and may no misconduct in anyone tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature of the British fleet. For myself, individually, I commit my life to Him who made me, and may His blessing light upon my endeavours for serving my Country faithfully. To Him I resign myself and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Quote of the day
On this day, 21st of October 1805, Lord Horatio Nelson was fatally wounded during the Battle of Trafalgar; this was his diary entry on the eve of the battle:
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In the name ae the wee man....................gie's peace.
Interestingly, there was a letter in the Herald today from Nationalist letter writer Alex Orr praising Nelson and more particularly the Scots who fought with him at Trafalger.
As the anecdote goes:
A Scottish sailor saw Nelson's "England expects etc" signal groaned and then said that Nelson knew he did not need a signal to remind Scots to do their duty.
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