There is no mistake there has been no mistake and there shall be no mistake. All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do that's what I called 'guessing what was at the other side of the hill.' Publish and be damned. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance. The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Quotes It has been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life. 1.1 Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington (1886).
