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she would have become the Blackwell's Island of the Greater France." "You're almost as funny as Punch isn't," drawled Wellington, with an angry gesture at Bonaparte. "You weren't within telephoning distance of victory all day. HE WOULD HAVE BECOME THE BLACKWELLED ISLAND OF THE COLLETAPHRAS YOU'RE ROMOST AS FUNNY AS PUNCH ISN'T DRAWLED WELLINGTON WITH AN ANGRY GESTURE AT BONAPARTE YOU WEREN'T WITHIN TELEPHONING DISTANCE AT VICTORY ALL DAY
else.” “You must have had a gay army, then,” laughed Cæsar. “What are French soldiers made of, that they can’t stand the wet—unshrunk linen or flannel?” “Bah!” observed Napoleon, shrugging his shoulders and walking a few paces away. “You do not understand the French. The Frenchman is not a pell-mell soldier like you Romans; he is the poet of arms; he does not go in for glory at the expense of his dignity; style, form, is dearer to him than honor, and he has no use for fighting in the wet and coming out of the fight conspicuous as a victor with the curl out of his feathers and his epaulets rusted with the damp. There is no glory in water. But if we had had umbrellas and mackintoshes, as every Englishman who comes to the Continent always has, and a bath-tub for everybody, then would your Waterloo have been different again, and the great democracy of Europe with a Bonaparte for emperor would have been founded for what the Americans call the keeps; and as for your little Great Britain, ha! HE OLD GALS ALL OVER EVERYWHERE ELSE YOU MUST HAVE HAD A GAY ARMY THEN LAUGHED CAESAR WHAT ARE FRENCH SOLDIERS MADE OF THAT THEY CAN'T STAND THE WET UNSHRUNK LINEN OR FLANNEL BAH OBSERVED NAPOLEON SHRUGGING HIS SHOULDERS AND WALKING A FEW PACES AWAY HE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE FLENCH THE FLENCHMAN IS NOT A FELL MILLED SOLDIER LIKE YOU ROMANS HE IS THE POET OF THE ARM HE DOES NOT GO IN FOR GLORY THE EXPENSE OF ITS DIGNITY STYLE FORM IS DULLER TO HIS AND HONOR AND HE HAS NO USE FOR FIGHTING IN DUET AND COMING OUT OF THE FIGHT CONSPICUOUS AS A VICTEL WITH ZEK CURL OUT OF HIS FEATHERS AND HIS EPAULETS RUSTED WITH TITAN THERE IS NO GLORY IN WATER BUT IF WE HAD ADD UMBRELLAS AND MACKINTOSHES AS EVERY ENGLISHMAN WHO COMES THROUGH THE CONTINENT ALWAYS HAS AND A BATHTUB FOR EVERYBODY THEN WOULD YELL WATERLOO HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT AGAIN AND THE GREAT DEMOCRACY OF NEW WORSHIP WITH A BONAPARTE FOR EMPEROR WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUNDED FOR WHAT THE AMERICANS CALL ZIKI AND AS FOR YOUR LITTLE COLLETE BITTERN HA
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