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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones. - A J P Taylor
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On this day:
Edmund Ironside’s Unlovely End - 1016, Elizabeth’s Golden Speech - 1601, 1st international Football Match - Scotland V England - 1872, Tess of the d’Urbervilles Published - 1891, Crystal Palace destroyed by fire - 1936
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