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It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are. Clive James		Saturday Mar 14, 2026
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Attributed to him in a caption, which said, 'Frenchmen heard Marshal Petain pronounce this requiem over a lost France.' Our spirit of enjoyment was stronger than our spirit of sacrifice. We wanted to have more than we wanted to give. We tried to spare effort, and met disaster. Marshal HENRI PETAIN

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	Marshal HENRI PETAIN
	(1856-1951) An article, 'Danger: Men Not at Work!' by Hatton W. Summers, Nation's Business, May 1941, p. 15 - French prime minister 1940, head of state in Vichy govt 1940-44, convictd of treason 1945, life in prison.

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Attributed to him in a caption, which said, 'Frenchmen heard Marshal Petain pronounce this requiem over a lost France.' Our spirit of enjoyment was stronger than our spirit of sacrifice. We wanted to have more than we wanted to give. We tried to spare effort, and met disaster.