A History of the United States Navy, From 1775 to 1898
A History of the United States Navy, From 1775 to 1898
Maclay, Edgar Stanton, 1863-1919
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165. Digitized by Google 450 THE CHESAPEAKE AND THE SHANNON. 1813. due to some of their number several weeks. Here was an awakening for Captain Lawrence : an enemy in a part of his crew and a powerful foe awaiting him in. the offing. But to such a nature as Lawrence pos- sessed, to retire in the face of the enemy and meet the cold glances of his countrymen after he had set out with the avowed determination of engaging, was worse than death. Flight was out of the question, so the purser was orde...red to issue prize checks, while to de- feat and death went the haughty Lawrence. Filled with gloomy forebodings by the dastardly conduct of his crew, deeply wounded by the treachery of the men on. whom he relied, Captain Lawrence bravely faced his doom. '^ Colossal in figure, and with muscular power superior to most men," he endeavored to infuse his own indomitable courage into the drooping spirits around him ; but to the close observer it must have been apparent that he did not possess the confidence which he so manfully attempted to inspire.
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