Planting Acorns for the Navy

[Captain Jean-Luc Picard]

"Captain Cuthbert Collingwood, later to become an admiral and Nelson's second in command at Trafalgar [...] loved to walk over the hills with his dog Bounce. He always started off with a handful of acorns in his pockets, and as he walked he would press an acorn into the soil whenever he saw a good place for an oak tree to grow. [...] Because Collingwood's purpose was to make sure that the Navy would never want for oaks to build the fighting ships upon which the country's safety depended."

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuthbert_Collingwood,_1st_Baron_Collingwood#Evaluation

 

 

 

[Lancella Dutch de Wildt]

Love the story and link, thank you ☺