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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 17717 |
| QUOTATION: | The advantage of time and place in all practical actions is half a victory; which being lost is irrecoverable. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Francis, Sir Drake (1540–1596), British navigator. Letter, 1588, to Queen Elizabeth I. while awaiting news of the coming of the Spanish Armada. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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