1 Admiral Lord Walter Kerr has i been telling an audience that he
, would rather take a battleship into action than make a speech. Our besi fighting sailors ha e always been poor spokesmen. One of Nelson’s commanders just before battle essayed to make a speeeh to his men. He said, “My lacls, there's the enemy ; no doubt about it. And now, my lads, if you don’t take the enemy, my lads t why then—my lads—why then, my lads—the enemy will take you. Pipe down !" • Need it be said that the enemy was “taken" 2
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Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 49, 27 July 1908, Page 7
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