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> [“Not that I mean the least fling against men who have won a great fleet action - it is right and proper that THEY should be peers - but when you look at the mass of titles, tradesmen, dirty politicians,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/not-that-i-mean-the-least-fling-against-men-who-have-won-a-great/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

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