X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?p=ibg.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=foreword.rst;h=5c2ca2ae578724ba84feb7f0b5682c0c39ba156c;hp=dc048dbca30fdee8519488f262cad641278bddd5;hb=9f5abf3a7762275e6ae1f1a29c6594994ba07e2c;hpb=7ab0306c0b24bf617c0281e45233d3d59477cd98 diff --git a/foreword.rst b/foreword.rst index dc048db..5c2ca2a 100644 --- a/foreword.rst +++ b/foreword.rst @@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ .. image:: /images/picI.png :align: left -.. raw:: latex - - \dropcap{i} - -t would, I think, be immodest to compare myself to Charles +|I|\t would, I think, be immodest to compare myself to Charles Bourbaki (1816--97), French hero of the Crimean War and renowned strategist, a man offered nothing less as a reward than the throne of Greece (he declined). It may be in order, though, to say a few words