No conqueror returning from a victory on the battlefield had…

No conqueror returning from a victory on the battlefield had come adorned with nobler laurels.

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Opening words of Leader column referring to Neville Chamberlain ’s negotiation of the Munich agreement, 1 October 1938.

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