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Napoleon was Shortsighted


Napoleon to Robert Fulton, quoted in Bits & Pieces, May 27, 1993, p. 14

"What, sir, you would make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I pray you excuse me. I have no time to listen to such nonsense."