Susan Cooper wrote a novel by the name of Victory, in 2006, partly based on the life of Samuel Robbins. In the book Sam and his uncle were forced into the navy by the press gangs. In reality Sam could have volunteered, and it is unlikely that Sam would have served with his uncle.
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Famous quotes containing the word victory:
“The obscure only exists that it may cease to exist. In it lies the opportunity of all victory and all progress. Whether it call itself fatality, death, night, or matter, it is the pedestal of life, of light, of liberty and the spirit. For it represents resistance—that is to say, the fulcrum of all activity, the occasion for its development and its triumph.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)
“A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“It must be a peace without victory.... Victory would mean peace forced upon the losers, a victor’s terms imposed upon the vanquished. It would be accepted in humiliation, under duress, at an intolerable sacrifice, and would leave a sting, a resentment, a bitter memory upon which the terms of peace would rest, not permanently, but only as upon quicksand.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)