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Ship of the Line QUOTES

Ship of the Line QUOTES

1 " I did not ask for objections, but for comments, or helpful suggestions. I looked for more loyalty from you, Captain Hornblower.'

That made the whole argument pointless. If Leighton only wanted servile agreement there was no sense in continuing... "

― C.S. Forester , Ship of the Line

2 " Bush could never understand Hornblower's disciplinary methods. He had been positively horrified when he had heard his captain's public admission that he too had baths under the washdeck pump — it seemed madness for a captain to allow his men to guess that they were of the same flesh as his. "

― C.S. Forester , Ship of the Line