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The king's horticulturist thought nature needed a haircut.
It came to be known as the Langevin sandwich: a layer of quartz between two layers of steel.
The new socket bayonet and flintlock musket turned warfare from hacking and yelling toward discipline and training.
Sexual peccadilloes were a habit Prosper failed to break.
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