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Excerpt from Naval History of Great Britain, Including the History and Lives of the British Admirals, Vol. 8 of 8
His vo; age to the West Indies, in the merchant service, had given our young mariner a practical knowledge of seamanship; but his mind had ac quired, without any apparent cause, a11enti1e hoiror of the royal 11avv.(aptain Suckling beheld with anxiety the c1itical situation of his nephew and was soon convinced from the sentiment which the latter appeared to indulge in, Aft the most honour, but forward the better man l that his too credulous mind had acqui1ed a bias utterly foreign to his real charac ter. The firmness of Captain Suckling, assisted with a thorough knowledge of the human heart, proved, in this early season of life, ofinestimable value to his inexperienced nephew: and though it was many weeks before his prejudices could be overcome, or that' he could reconcile himself to the sen-ice on board a king's ship; they at length, however, yielded to the influence of good example, and to those principles.
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