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And, so, he as an operator
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and he was that--he took every
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possible opportunity to be seen in front of his troops.
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He welcomed recruits with military music
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as well as with the Marseillaise.
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It was his idea to paint all the sentry boxes
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red, white and blue.
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And he at one point had been
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insulted by somebody in
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the Chamber of Deputies and he fights a duel
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and his adoring public forgave him
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for the fact that his gun actually didn't go off,