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Picking Officers The Creator has not thought proper to mark those on the forehead who are of the stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them, blindfolded, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. - Thomas Jefferson November 1st: the Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.
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