"Recall that for Emerson, great figures such as Shakespeare, Napoleon , and Goethe, all of whom are exemplars of achievement, are unique only insofar as they have developed to a greater extent the inner qualities available to all humans." -- Daisaku Ikeda
"The attack on Jaffa was particularly brutal: Bonaparte, on discovering many of the defenders were former prisoners of war, ostensibly on parole, ordered the garrison and 1,400 prisoners to be executed by bayonet or drowning to save bullets.[55] Men, women and children were robbed and murdered for three days.[58]" -- wikipedia
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