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• THE CHARACTER OF MODERN WAR.* gt. FEW months ago two of the most distinguished officers of our day expounded almost simultaneously their views upon the general management of a......

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VICTORY. So I have gained a crown, and lost a friend ! What, was he envious of my echoed name ? Did he aspire to what I did not claim, Mistake the summit that I dared ascend?......