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I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea.

Horatio Nelson

1804

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Seasickness Sailing Vocation

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1804

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Horatio Nelson

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Nelson, Horatio. Letter to the Earl of Camden, the Secretary of War. c. 1804.

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