Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.
Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else.
A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.
Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.
He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
