A Selection From the Public and Private Correspondence of Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood —— Interspersed With Memoirs of His Life

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ISBN: 9781333475130 出版年：2016 页码：433 G L Newnham Collingwood Forgotten Books

And can step out of the beaten path to do a good thing. You will gain experience, and that will fit you to fill the superior stations to which I hope you will speedily arrive. Cherish your men, and take care of your stores, and then your ship will be service able. They are articles very difficult to recruit. There never was an idea of my leaving this station for any other: there seems indeed so much to be done here, that I do not desire it; and I hope my Adriatic squadron will have a great share in it. I am your sincere friend and servant.