Nelson a Flaming Fire

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Excerpt from Nelson a Flaming Fire: A Sermon Preached by the Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Stepney, at the Nelson Centennial Service, in St. Paul's Cathedral, on Sunday Afternoon, October 22ndThis, then, is the Nelson with whom we have to do - not the erring man, not even the great admiral, the embodiment Of all that is clear to the sailor heart Of England, still less the protagonist Of Great Britain against the French. For, thank God, his enemy has become our friend. We can even, in the confidence Of friendship, ask our ancient rivals to share with us the heritage of Our pride, and when we saw their sailors standing before Nelson's statue and salute him in silence, we that our request was not in vain.Now Nelson to brave France is shown A hero after her own heart.The Nelson whom we celebrate today is simply the spirit Of a virtue which every nation would Wish its citizens to have - patriotism raised by the fire of zeal to a heroic height. Let us notice three elements in this ¿ame Of Nelson's fire, fused indeed, as they were, together, yet capable Of distinction.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.