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Napoleon called the English "a nation of shopkeepers".
by mahmud 16y ago
Napoleon called the English "a nation of shopkeepers".
- wildjim 16y ago> Napoleon called the English "a nation of shopkeepers". Not a lot has changed, then...
- Amnon 16y agoOh, so that's what A Nation of Shoplifters means! Funny. (It's a song by Carter USM).
- Gormo 16y agoHe intended it as an insult; the English, in his mind, were too concerned with the practical matters of life and not at all with grand visions and ambitions. This is also the man who said "You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I have no time for such nonsense."