Excerpt from The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol. 1 of 2: With a Supplement of Interesting Letters, by Distinguished Characters Were we to dedicate them, unto whom should we? - To the british navy; as the genuine sentiments of a true seaman - the first even of their own Heroes; for nelson could forego all private feelings, all selfish motives, for that which will ever be the first object of a truly great and brave man - the glory and happiness of his country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.