.. 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
If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting.
man power
door man thetimes time
England expects that every man will do his duty.
duty man
Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.
man order
I am myself a Norfolk man.
man
The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.
disgrace man
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