Horatio Nelson quote: The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he...

The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.

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Attributed to Locker's Greenwich Gallery article "Torrington" in Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan "The Life of Nelson, Volume 2: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain" (p. 52), 1897.

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The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more. - Horatio Nelson

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