Excerpt from The Life of Admiral Lord Anson, the Father of the British Navy, 1697-1762 To understand and fully appreciate the story of the life of any great character in history, it is necessary to throw oneself into the sur roundings of that particular time - to see the scenery as it was there, and the other characters who were on the stage at that time; and this is especially the case in the Life of Lord Anson - the Father of the British Navy, one of the greatest and most interesting characters who ever shed his in uence over our country. From his training in that splendid achieve ment, his voyage round the world, which now reads as an almost impossible romance, he learned that indomitable supremacy over all obstacles, that thoroughness of preparation which he so carefully exercised when he went to the Admiralty, and by which all the great actions of his time were rendered possible; and like all great men of action, he never talked about what he had done. To set forth the annals of the time in which the hero has existed, and to note his contact with them, is only a part of his life - the life of the man is more than his public career. It is made up of a thousand touches. 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."

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