The Revolution's most important result was Napoleon, whose most important result (as France learned in 1871, and again … - George Will

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I sadly want a reform in the construction of children. Nature's only idea seems to be to make them machines for the production of incessant noise.

George Will

The Revolution's most important result was Napoleon, whose most important result (as France learned in 1871, and again in 1914, and again in 1940) was the invention of Germany

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