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Napoleon's Sword
This year, Napoleon's sword was auctioned off for a value of US$6.8 million. It's gold-encrusted, and he liked the curved Arabian design because it was good at cutting off French heads.  Nice.
He carried this around with him as he pushed the Austrian army out of much of Italy more than 200 years ago.
Anyone else have any historical blades they'd like to share?
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 10-08-2007 at 07:47 AM..
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