So, I'm reading The Letter of Marque (which is awesome by the way) and I found a marvelous quote from Lord Nelson:
"There are three things....which you are constantly to bear in mind. First, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own respecting their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your King: and thirdly, you must hate a Frenchman as you do the Devil."
Isn't that so awesome? While I obviously would have a hard time obeying every order without question, I'm sure the motivation would be greater were I a sailor on board a King's vessel where the lives of myself, the crew, and the ship were dependent on the exact functioning of the parts as a comprehensive whole.
Finally, isn't it funny how everyone hated the French? The Brits did, the Russians did, the Germans did, it seems like no one would ever be willing to extend mercy to their heathen hides.
No wonder they're out of the World Cup.
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Odd that the French should come up as this morning I went to play the organ in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building but I was unable because the French TV was in the chapel interviewing Elder Didier. I got to sit in on the interview and fortunatly the lady I was there with served a mission in France in the 60's so she would tell me what they were talking about as I'm not fluent in the demon speak.
Their out, but you know who is in it to win it? Arrrrrrrrgentina!
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