I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty… — Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
On Napoleon.
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Wellesley, Arthur. Spoken during a conversion with Philip Henry Stanhope. 2 Nov. 1831, England, UK.
