Whoever Gains The Palm By Merit, Let

Recollect That You Must Be A Seaman To Be An Officer And Also That You Cannot Be A Good Officer Without Being A Gentleman.

Duty Is The Great Business Of A Sea Officer; All Private Considerations Must Give Way To It, However Painful It May Be.

Now I Can Do No More. We Must Trust To The Great Disposer Of All Events And The Justice Of Our Cause. I Thank God For This Opportunity Of Doing My Duty.

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!'.

Thank God I Have Done My Duty.