THE "NELSON TOUCH"

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 97, 21 October 1924, Page 8

THE "NELSON TOUCH"

INSPIRATION OF TRAFALGAR.

One-hundred and nineteen years ago Nelson broke up; the ■ French fleet and saved England." Arising out of that famous victory is the tradition which inspires tho British Navy to-day—the "Nelson Touch." More correctly it should be called the "Nelson^ way" of doing thi»gs/ Nelson's idea of^duty was to sail in and do it, without counting the cost. The i momentum wheih carried him through was ; "the will to win."' Foch had it. Napoleon had it until disease began to sap the energy of his will. Allenby had it in. Palestine. Some people call it driving force, but at the back of it is the.high call of duty,'"the ! response to which becomes a, personal obligation) to be discharged at 'any cost. ' When Nelson signalled: "England expects that every man this day- will do his duty," he radiated a magnificent inspiration. . l . • "His duty • nobly ' done" is a fine phrase, aptly ascribed to a valorous sacrifice for- the sake of others. The nation's admiration of Nelson's, sacrifice at the call of duty is expressed in a magnificent monument in Trafalgar Square, London.. Tiat-monument is a rallying point for all great'public : de : monstrations—it has become the shrine of a great democracy. ' ' ' - ; •'■' It is for something of the'kind that the Wellington Citizens-War Memorial Committee is appealing to the. public^—a monument commensurate.in dignity and impressiveness with the. sacrifice made by the Wellington men who fell in the Great War. It is eminently an occasion for the Nelson Touch. A duty has to be done. Let us sail in and do it. £8000 in three weeks! Almost another Trafalgar ! .''"•■.■.■ ' ;