But, in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside the enemy.
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I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!
Tags: eye, only, sometimes, blind
I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps.
Tags: cannot, done, glory, i-am
I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.
Tags: sense, sense-of-humor, safety, humor
If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers.
Tags: service, long, time, great
Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made.
Tags: attack, break, place, never
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