heart was tender as a woman's; no other great leader of men has so definitely ruled by love rather than fear. Clennell Wilkinson.
At St. Vincent (1797), Aboukir (1798), Copenhagen (1801), and Trafalgar (1805), he saved England from invasion and established the imperishable tradition of the "Nelson touch." Yet his
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1758-1805. This most famous of sea-fighters, the sickly undersized son of a Norfolk parson, went to sea young and rapidly developed a fiery genius in action which has never been equalled.
De tekst voorop deze briefkaart luidt: Horatio viscount Nelson Painting by L.F. Abbott De tekst achterop deze briefkaart luidt: HORATIO NELSON, VISCOUNT NELSON, K.B.