Sir Francis Drake

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    “It is an art apart. Saint Francis of Assisi said—”All saints can do miracles, but few of them can keep hotel.””
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “The advantage of time and place in all practical actions is half a victory; which being lost is irrecoverable.”
    —Francis, Sir Drake (1540–1596)