William Pitt and the Great War

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William Pitt, in later life. (From a painting by Hoppner in the National Portrait Gallery)
J. HOLLAND ROSE, Litt.D.
England and France have held in their hands the fate of the world, especially that of European civilization. How much harm we have done one another: how much good we might have done!— Napoleon to Colonel Wilks, 20th April 1816 .
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