In France those absurd perversions of the art of war which covered themselves
under the name of chivalry were more omnipotent than in any other country of
Europe. The strength of the armies of Philip and John of Valois was composed of
a fiery and undisciplined aristocracy which imagined itself to be the most
efficient military force in the world, but which was in reality little removed
from an armed mob.
C. W. C. Oman, The Art of War in the Middle Ages
This is Mr. Lincoln, perhaps the most magnificent rose in the garden. Standing tall – towering, in fact – over all other roses, it is a beauty to behold each time it blooms.
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