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MILITARY > naval officer > Horatio Nelson
No captain can...
Vendor: MILITARY
No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.
Source: Memorandum to the fleet, off Cadiz, 9 Oct 1805.
-- 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.