The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.
-- Charles Caleb Colton
   
Charles Caleb Colton   Name:
Charles Caleb Colton
Type:
Writer
Nationality:
English
Birth:
1780
Death:
1832
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