# Quote — Douglas Reeman, For My Country's Freedom

> ‘Men, Mr Blythe. Ordinary, everyday men — you'd never notice any of them in a street or working in the fields in England right? [...] But they are your answer. They are the strength of a ship. So let them not die to no good purpose.’

- Author: [Douglas Reeman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/douglas-reeman.md)
- Book: [For My Country's Freedom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/douglas-reeman/for-my-countrys-freedom.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/douglas-reeman/for-my-countrys-freedom/men-mr-blythe

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> ...on this September morning in 1812, while the Indomitable held her same course under reduced canvas, the ship's small drummers and fifers marched and countermarched up and down the crowded gundeck, the familiar tune Portsmouth Lass lively enough to set a man's foot tapping, or purse his lips in a silent whistle.

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> Every ball was finding a target; and there were wild cheers as the American's forecastle was blasted to splintered, and one of her bow-chasers was hurled aside on to its crew.

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> Adam grasped the rail as gun by gun the American began to retaliate [...] He winced as he felt the iron smashing into the hull or through the rigging overhead.

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