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Then he forgot to abuse me and suddenly whined: "Ne frappez pas, monsieur!" mounted his box, and drove very tamely away. In my exasperation I called the hotel waiters together and poured scorn on them for their cowardice. In spite of the season, it was uncomfortable weather, and the temper of the town was as uncomfortable as the weather.
"Frappez et frappez fort," as the Little Corporal used to express it; that is, if they are unable to get their grievances adjusted without some such extreme measure of which there does not seem to be much likelihood at present, considering the reformatory tendencies of Jacks in office.
The battle cruiser Seydlitz had to be beached to keep her from sinking, and other units were limping along with their gun decks almost awash. Certainly the tactics of Jellicoe do not suggest those of Blake, Hawke, or Nelson. They do not fit Farragut's motto borrowed from Danton "l'audace, encore l'audace, et toujours l'audace," or Napoleon's "frappez vite, frappez fort."
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