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MILITARY > naval officer > Horatio Nelson
I have only...
Vendor: MILITARY
I have only one eye: I have a right to be blind sometimes: I really do not see the signal.
Source: Remark, Battle of Copenhagen, 2 Apr 1801; Nelson ignored Admiral Parker's order to disengage by placing his telescope to his blind eye; an hour later, he was victorious.
-- 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.