| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 57442 |
| QUOTATION: | Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman ... never gave offence to anyone, not even the enemy. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | A.J.P. (Alan John Percivale) Taylor (19061990), British historian. Letter, March 16, 1973. Letters to Eva, ed. Eva Haraszti Taylor (1991).
Referring to Field Marshal Alexander. |
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