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England Expects Every Man To Do His Duty. -- Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) -- Life Of Nelson (Southey), Vol.
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England expects every man to do his duty.
-- Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)
-- Life of Nelson (Southey), Vol. ii, p. 131
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