Word: bloodless
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...patron-saint of the histrionic profession. He enrolls and magnificently equips a regiment of soldiers, aspiring to military glory, if not by deeds of valor on the battle-field, at least by gaudy uniform in time of peace, and by brandishing in front of the "Bloody Ninth" a bloodless sword. But not only does he raise and support armies; he creates navies. He buys a line of steamers, comprising the finest boats in the country; but their chief value to him, after all, is in adding to the many titles he already enjoys the new one of Admiral. He drives...