Abraham Lincoln, Speech at New Haven, Connecticut (6 March 1860)
“

At the battle of Waterloo, when Napoleon's cavalry had charged again and again upon the unbroken squares of British infantry, at last they were giving up the attempt, and going off in disorder, when some of the officers in mere vexation and complete despair fired their pistols at those solid squares.

— Abraham Lincoln on Napoleon

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "At the battle of Waterloo, when Napoleon's cavalry had charged again and again upon the unbroken squares of British infantry, at last they were giving up the attempt, and going off in disorder, when some of the officers in mere vexation and complete despair fired their pistols at those solid squares." in the context of "Abraham Lincoln, Speech at New Haven, Connecticut (6 March 1860)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Quote Image
Source: Wikiquote: "Napoleon" (Quotes about Napoleon: [[File:Generale Bonaparte in Italia.jpg|thumb|right|Napoleon, far more Italian than French, Italian by race, by instinct, imagination, and souvenir, considers in his plan the future of Italy, and, on casting up the final accounts of his reign, we find that the net profit is for Italy and the net loss is for France. ~Hippolyte Taine]] Arranged alphabetically by author) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed February 05, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

Tags

#Abraham Lincoln#squares#again#napoleons#waterloo#unbroken#infantry#disorder#officers#vexation#complete#cavalry
Abraham Lincoln

About Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer and politician, steered the United States through its most tumultuous period, the Civil War. His unwavering commitment to preserving the Union and abolishing slavery forever altered the course of American history and enshrined him as a champion of equality and justice.