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!'.
Source: In Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, by Oxford University Press, 1979, 1985.
-- Horatio Nelson, (Sep 29 1758-1805), English naval officer; He was commander in the wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France; won crucial victories and defeated the French at Trafalgar, 1805.