"There are not many original shapes or silhouettes -- only a million variations."
"The best way to quiet a country is a good thrashing, followed by great kindness afterwards. Even the wildest chaps are thus tamed."
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Source: Queen Victoria's Little Wars. Book by Byron Farwell, p. 27-31, 1972.
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