Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton,…

George Orwell
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Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there. ✨ The Lion and the Unicorn pt. 1, sec. 4 (1941) SeeWellington 7
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