Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 298
y mind was staggered with a view of the difficultiesI had to surmount, and the little interest I possessed.I could discover no means of reaching the object ofmy ambition. After a long gloomy reverie, in which Ialmost wished myself overboard, a sudden glow ofpatriotism was kindled within me, and… … it, was suspended in his minds eye which urged himonwards to renown. Fortunate circumstances occurred to second thisdetermination. His uncle had in the interim beenmade Comptrol-ler of the Navy.On the 8th ofApril, 1777, Nel-son passed hisexaminationwith credit for alieutenancy, andnext day…
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