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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! she would have become the Blackwell's Island of the Greater France." 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 HE WOULD HAVE BECOME THE BLACKWELLED ISLAND OF THE COLLETAPHRAS
” snapped Wellington. “It was clear science laid you out, Boney.” “Taisey-voo!” shouted the irate Corsican. “Clear science be hanged! Wet science was what did it. If it hadn’t been for the rain, my little Duke, I should have been in London within a week, my grenadiers would have been camping in your Rue Peekadeely, and the Old Guard all over everywhere 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. WAR IF YOU HADN'T HAD THE ELEMENTS WITH YOU TUT SNAPPED WELLINGTON IT WAS CLEAR SCIENCE LAID YOU OUT BONY THERE'S A RULE SHOUTED THE IRIGHT CORSICAN PLAYS SCIENCE BE ANGED WHAT SCIENCE WAS WHAT DID IT IF IT HADN'T BEEN FORTY LANE MY LITTLE DUKE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN LONDON WITHIN A WEEK MY GLENADIERS WOULD HAVE BEEN CAMPING IN YOUR RUE PICCADILLY AND THE 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
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