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1 " Though there are very serious disadvantages about being a true believer. Who would want four wives at any time, especially when one pays for the doubtful privilege by abstaining from wine? "
― C.S. Forester , The Young Hornblower Omnibus: Mr Midshipman Hornblower, Lieutenant Hornblower and Hornblower and the Hotspur
2 " His officers saw little of him, and did not love what they saw. "
3 " He went hurrying off to take his stand by the left-hand gun, which "
4 " captain’s face above the canvas. It was still and expressionless, "