• In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

  A. J. P. Taylor
  British historian
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1. prestige
2. grandeur
3. there
4. power

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In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power. by : A. J. P. Taylor

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