...EPILOGUE THE FATE OF THE COMMANDERS The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Thomas Gray Wellington The Duke made an enormous amount of money from his military...

...wind. This is the common lot of all men. "The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all the beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead but to the grave." A leaf whirls down, alackaday ! A leaf whirls down upon the breeze. Trans, by Basil...

...recently written by the poet Gray, — " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And aE that beaaty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead bat to the grave." " Gentlemen," he said to the officers with him in the boat, " I would rather have...