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". (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington)

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".

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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