All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to en…

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All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'. ✨ 'The Croker Papers' (1885) vol. 3, p. 276
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All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'. ✨ 'The Croker Papers' (1885) vol. 3, p. 276

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