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The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
William Francis Patrick Napier

Born: December 7, 1785
Died: February 12, 1860 (aged 74)
Bio: General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier Irish soldier in the British Army and military historian, who tarnished his reputation at the end of his career by a fateful falling out with John Gurwood.
Known for:
- Attila
- The Conquest Of Scinde (1845)