Horatio Nelson - .. When he was on the eve of departure for...

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.. When he was on the eve of departure for one of his great expeditions the coachmaker said to him, The carriage shall be at the door punctually at six o clock; A quarter before, said Nelson. I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time and it has made a man of me.

Horatio Nelson

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