In testing manliness as distinguished from courage, we shall have to
reckon sooner or later with the idea of duty. Nelson’s column stands
in the most conspicuous site in all London, and stands there with all
men’s approval, not because of his daring courage. Lord Peterborough,
in a former generation, Lord Dundonald in the one which succeeded,
were at least as eminent for reckless and successful daring. But it
is because the idea of devotion to duty is inseparably connected with
Nelson’s name in the minds of Englishmen, that he has been lifted high
above all his compeers in England’s capital.