. Types of naval officers drawn from the history of the British Navy : with some account of the conditions of naval warfare at the beginning of the eighteenth century, and of its subsequent development during the sail period. 1823 THE renown of Nelson is part of the her-itao:e of the world. His deeds, althoughtheir full scope and real significance have beenbut little understood, stand out conspicuousamong a host of lesser achievements, and arebecome to mankind the symbol of Great Britainsmaritime power in that tremendous era when itdrove the French Revolution back upon itself,stifling its exce
. Types of naval officers drawn from the history of the British Navy : with some account of the conditions of naval warfare at the beginning of the eighteenth century, and of its subsequent development during the sail period. 1823 THE renown of Nelson is part of the her-itao:e of the world. His deeds, althoughtheir full scope and real significance have beenbut little understood, stand out conspicuousamong a host of lesser achievements, and arebecome to mankind the symbol of Great Britainsmaritime power in that tremendous era when itdrove the French Revolution back upon itself,stifling its excesses, and so insuring the survivalof the beneficent tendencies which for a timeseemed well nigh lost in the madness of thenation. The appearance of a prodigy like Nelson, how-ever, is not an isolated event, independent ofantecedents. It is the result of a happy meetingof genius and opportunity. The hour has come,and the man. Other men have labored, and thehero enters into their labors; not unjustly, forthereto he also has been appointed by thosespecial gifts which fit him to reap as theirs fittedthem to sow. In relation to Nelson and hiscareer, the illustrious officer whose most distin- John jervis, Earl St. l^ Jervis 321 guishing characteristics we have now to tracestood pre-eminent among many forerunners. Itwas he, above all others, who made the prepara-tion indispensable to the approaching triumphalprogress of the first of British naval heroes, sothat his own work underlies that of his successor,as foundation supports superstructure. There isnot between them the vital connection of root tobranch, of plant to fruit. In the matter of pro-fessional kinship Nelson has far more in commonwith Hood. Between these there is an identityof kind, an orderly sequence of development, anorganic bond, such as knits together the seriesof a progressive evolution. It is not so withJervis. Closely conjoined as the two men longwere in a common service, and in mutual admira-tion and sympa
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