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Admiral, besiegt 1805 bei Trafalgar die französisch-spanische Flotte (England, 1758 - 1805).

Lord Horatio Nelson · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

Lord Horatio Nelson wäre heute 265 Jahre, 7 Monate, 5 Tage oder 97.007 Tage alt.

Geboren am 29.09.1758 in Burnham Thorpe (Norfolk)
Gestorben am 21.10.1805 in Trafalgar
Sternzeichen: ♎ Waage

• England expects every man to do his duty! England erwartet, daß jedermann seine Pflicht tun wird! (Schlacht bei Trafalgar gegen Frankreich, bei der Nelson starb).
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• Ich habe mich immer bemüht, eine Viertelstunde zu früh zu sein, und das hat mich zum Mann gemacht.
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• Morgen um diese Zeit werde ich mir entweder den Adelstitel oder einen Platz in Westminster erworben haben.

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• Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey.

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• England expects that every man will do his duty.

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• I believe my arrival was most welcome, not only to the Commander of the Fleet but almost to every individual in it; and 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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• I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

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• I have only one eye, - I have a right to be blind sometimes . . . I really do not see the signal!

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• In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.

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• It is my turn now; and if I come back, it is yours.

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• Kiss me, Hardy.

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• May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my Country and for the benefit of Europe in general a great and glorious victory; and may no misconduct in anyone tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature of the British Fleet. For myself, individually, I commit my life to Him whomade me, and may His blessing light upon my endeavours for serving my Country faithfully. To Him I resign myself and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen.Amen. Amen.

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• Thank God, I have done my duty.

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• This is too warm work, Hardy, to last long.

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• You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king: and . . . you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.

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