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To: freedumb2003
That quote is actually attributed to someone else....

"Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon."



The Most Noble Lord Horatio Nelson,
Viscount and Baron Nelson, of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk,
Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough in the said County,
Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
Vice Admiral of the White Squadron of the Fleet,
Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean,
Duke of Bronté in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilys,
Knight Grand Cross of the Sicilian Order of St Ferdinand and of Merit,
Member of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent,
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of St. Joachim

And if memory serves, Nelson and Bronte was discussing Napoleon's Navy when he said it...


70 posted on 06/11/2011 3:50:57 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Your what hurts??)
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To: Bean Counter

>>That quote is actually attributed to someone else....<<

That is why I was careful to be vague... :)


76 posted on 06/11/2011 3:56:49 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012)
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