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“The maxim Nothing avails but perfection may be spelt shorter: Paralysis.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Minute [brief note] to General Ismay, December 6, 1942, on proposed improvements to landing-craft.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- aebcaeedd019509fb8dd99559aba3940b066b3feb16f508a8983aed74c23b5b7
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