자신이 넬슨 제독의 환생이라 믿었던 도고 헤이하치로; 자신을 한니발의 환생이라 믿었던 조지 S. 패튼이 떠오르네

Tōgō kept his journals in English, and wrote, "I am firmly convinced that I am the re-incarnation of Horatio Nelson."[10] In 1906, he was made a Member of the British Order of Merit by King Edward VII.[11]