FRANCIS M. NICHOLS.

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?

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