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“We Nazis never said we were nice democrats. The problem is that the British seem like sheep or bishops, but when the moment comes they are shown to be hypocrites, and they become a terrible tough people.” Who said this?

1662 – The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. 1814 – Mount Mayon in the Philippines erupts, killing some 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano. 1835 – Slavery is abolished in the island nation of Mauritius. 1893 – Famed Us inventor Thomas A. Edison finishes construction…