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Definition of a compromise:
An agreement between two men to do what both agree is wrong.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
July 12, 1867
Died:
December 13, 1918
(aged 51)
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Lord Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil, known as Lord Edward Cecil, was a distinguished and highly decorated English soldier. As colonial administrator in Egypt and advisor to the Liberal government, he helped to implement Army reforms.
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