[Doug]

Originally Posted by West Ender

What Nelson really said before he died was, "Kismet, Hardy" - meaning Fate.

I have a copy of a letter from Nelson written to a man in Latchford, Warrington thanking him for some supplies. It's a lovely, chatty letter and he mentions his bit of trouble in Tenerife (he had his elbow shattered by a musket ball and had to have the arm amputated).

I like Nelson because, apart from being a hero and a great naval tactician, he was very "human", with his affair with Emma Hamilton and his vanity etc. The only one since him who compares is Churchill, another brilliant, but personally a bit flawed, man.

Do we only get one per century?

Very well put West Ender, I believe we do only get one per century, the King Arthur effect if you like..