alt="[Topic: Education] " src="/log/archives/topiced.gif"
width="87" align="right" border="0" />On June 18, 1815,
Sergeant Thenardier saved the life of Colonel Pontmercy at the
Battle of Waterloo.
—”Les Misérables” (1862) by
Victor Hugo
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