George Canning/treasurer of The Navy - 1804%e2%80%931806

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    “Either he’s dead or my watch has stopped!”
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    “A steady patriot of the world alone,
    The friend of every country but his own.”
    —George Canning (1770–1827)

    “There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.”
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