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He who ceases to be better ceases to be good

Oliver Cromwell

Man marks the Earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore

Lord Byron

But as Nelson rightly said, first gain the victory, then make the best use of it that you can

Glanville fritillary

Discovered by Lady Eleanor Glenville in Lincolnshire in the 1770s and when she died her relationships tried to have her will set aside for lunacy because anybody that chased butterflies was not in their right mind

And those people are around today also

Fritillary butterfly

Discipline is the soul of an army

Military arrangements and movements, in consequence, like the mechanism of a clock will be imperfect and disordered by the want of a part

George Washington

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse

Wellington

“I think that we can all agree that, so far this week, it’s been a thoroughly awful affair. “

And now deadly ennui is sitting in with the narrative.
It is skim skim because the tropes are such a well worn rut. Governess, little Machiavellian children, the Navy captain employer, the distraction, the attraction, and how long will it go on,

It was always prudent to keep your friends close and your enemies closer

Sun Tzu

Better still

Confucius

Tell me and I will forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I will understand

Shakespeare had the victor of the battle of Agincourt Henry IV, say, ‘discretion was always the better part of valor’

In case you were wondering

Orinthologica Britannica, 1771
by Marmaduke Tunstall

Definitive work on English birds
Formatted as a broad sheet folio, 22 pages
Cataloging water and land birds

Master Felix, 10, favor book

Sun tzu, the naval vessel Baltimore, mentions of Wellington and Nelson, rigidity of time and two pocket watches. A diminutive redhead well formed. The captain very tall also a delight
His nieces and nephews : The children miscreants that need to be tied down, along with the dog Norbertt. In the classroom desks facing away from the French windows. We have not yet arrived on the beaches of the skirmish