Sublime

Jusqu’alors, Napoléon apparaissait sur le théâtre d’opérations, échafaudait un plan, distribuait les ordres, veillait dans la nuit, arpentait les bivouacs, houspillait les uns, haranguait les autres puis, à l’aube, il dirigeait les opérations, assistait à l’incarnation de sa pensée dans le mouvement des troupes et disposait, le soir, d’un triomphe

Leland Olds’ renomination was defeated by a vote of 53 to 15. When the clerk announced those figures, a reporter wrote, “There was a moment of stunned silence [at] the overwhelming size of the vote.” In what the Washington Star said was “about as severe a political licking as any President ever got on a nominee,” Truman had been able to persuade on

Napoleon* became famous for his emphasis on speed toward a goal in the context of his military campaigns. “‘The strength of the army’, he stated, ‘like power in mechanics, is the product of multiplying the mass by the velocity.’”

Louis Botha,

The battle lines were now drawn: Eisenhower and Senate liberals against the conservative blocs in both parties. Lyndon Johnson, the Senate minority leader, held the key.