Smiting enemies has always been so admired that, unlike medicine or archaeology, it entitled its successful practitioners to … - Barbara Holland

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[My mother] would have me smothered like the Princes in the Tower if I showed any inclination for being an artist. She thought all artists little better than lunatics.

Barbara Holland

Smiting enemies has always been so admired that, unlike medicine or archaeology, it entitled its successful practitioners to become kings, emperors, and presidents.

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