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"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" ???

gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,678 ✭✭✭✭
edited November 2020 in General Discussion

The quote is attributed to Admiral David Farragut during the Civil War at the Battle of Mobile Bay.
  Alabama - August 5, 1864
Steam ahead  or Speed ahead ????
An extensive internet search revealed  that either verb will take you to the same place.
Speed has a slight edge.

 
It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books

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