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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...reference to the massacre of the French under John Ribaut by the Spanish under Pedro Menendez on the shores of Florida in 1565. You say that Menendez lined the French up before a firing squad. He did nothing of the kind. He quietly slid a janeta beneath the fifth rib of each. Of course if you don't know history it is just as well to make a stab at it, since so few people know enough to know the difference between truth and error...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 5, 1925 | 1/5/1925 | See Source »

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