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Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington : Despatches of the Duke of Wellington

'They give the picture of a consumate man, in whom the signal aptitude for detail does not detract from, but adds largely to the impression of his even & capacious greatness. For the drawbacks which human character must always furnish, certainly when not attended by a paramount spirit of religion, I should be inclined to mention his abstinence from praise, & a misgiving whether he interfered energetically enough to prevent the horrors that attended the stormings of his great sieges'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth      Print: Unknown

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