"Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon."
"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!'."
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Source: Horatio Nelson (2012). “The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol II. With A Supplement Of Interesting Letters By Distinguished Characters”, p.69, tredition
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