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There's a line in the John Adams miniseries where the Continental Congress had just selected Washington to lead the army. Ben Franklin turns to Adams and says:

There's a line in the John Adams miniseries where the Continental Congress had just selected Washington to lead the army. Ben Franklin turns to Adams and says: "he was bound to lead something; he's the tallest man in the room". Apocryphal, sure. A clever mnemonic, you bet.

Evbn 14y ago
Mnemonic?
- sageikosa 14y ago
  The scene itself (or the lines themselves) is (are) the mnemonic, something that helps me remember height co-related with command.