Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 / A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
342. "England expects every man," &c.
Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 / A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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342."England expects every man," &c.
—For nearly fifty years our countrymen have taught their children Nelson's last signal—
"England expects every man to do his duty."
Such was my impression of this emphatic form of words. I am surprised to see upon the column in Trafalgar Square,
"England expects every man will do his duty."
Pray is there any authority for the inscription as it there stands?
E. N. H.