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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad: ships with which Nelson chased to the West Indies a fleet nearly
double in number, says in a letter: "We are half-starved and
otherwise inconvenienced by being so long out of port, but our
reward is that we are with Nelson."
This heroic spirit of daring and endurance, in which all public and
private differences were sunk throughout the whole fleet, is Lord
Nelson's great legacy, triply sealed by the victorious impress of
the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar. This is a legacy whose value
the changes of time cannot affect. The men and the ships he knew
how to lead lovingly to the work of courage and the reward of glory
have passed away, but Nelson's uplifting touch remains in the
The Mirror of the Sea |
