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| | Edward Tufte: New ET Writings, Artworks & News |
 | | He is Marie-Louis-Joseph-Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), historian, lawyer, journalist, head of the French government for about a year, 1870-71. |
 | | Jacob tells grim tales of finding dead men in the snow, crossing at least a section of the Beresina with his suitcase on his shoulder and his body in the water, eating horses, walking with no hat, no scarf, and no gloves through the blizzard. |
 | | Thiers was a local public official in Aix-en-Provence, elected to the French Academy and the Academy of Science. |
| www.edwardtufte.com /tufte/minard (2200 words) |
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