“Duty is the great business of a sea officer all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.”
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My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.
Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.
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.
First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.
