On the recordMay 19, 1902
Napoleon said that in war the moral was to the material as ten to one; and it is just exactly as true in civil and social life.
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presidency.ucsb.eduTeddy Roosevelt: “Napoleon said that in war the moral was to the material as ten to one; and it is just exactly as true in civil and…”
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Remarks at the Overflow Meeting of the Centenary of Presbyterian Home Missions at Central Presbyterian Church in New York...
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