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![[Illustration showing man with sword standing next to three convicts in chains carrying buckets of water on their heads, with text]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MjQvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLXNob3dpbmctbWFuLXdpdGgtc3dvcmQtc3RhbmRpbmctbmV4dC10by10aHJlZS1jb252aWN0cy1pbi1jaGFpbnMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/515/jpg "[Illustration showing man with sword standing next to three convicts in chains carrying buckets of water on their heads, with text]")
![[Illustration showing man standing next to oxen hitched to cart loaded with stones, with text]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MjQvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLXNob3dpbmctbWFuLXN0YW5kaW5nLW5leHQtdG8tb3hlbi1oaXRjaGVkLXRvLWNhcnQtbG9hZGVkLXdpdGgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/66/webp "[Illustration showing man standing next to oxen hitched to cart loaded with stones, with text]")
![[Illustration showing men pulling cart with barrel, with surrounding text]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MjQvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLXNob3dpbmctbWVuLXB1bGxpbmctY2FydC13aXRoLWJhcnJlbC13aXRoLXN1cnJvdW5kaW5nLXRleHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/64/webp "[Illustration showing men pulling cart with barrel, with surrounding text]")
![[Illustration of ancient fable of men worshipping an ass bearing a religious relic]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1ODkvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLW9mLWFuY2llbnQtZmFibGUtb2YtbWVuLXdvcnNoaXBwaW5nLWFuLWFzcy1iZWFyaW5nLWEtcmVsaWdpb3VzLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/57/webp "[Illustration of ancient fable of men worshipping an ass bearing a religious relic]")
![[Illustration for chapter one of L'art de jetter les bombes showing a man standing amid artillery shooting cannon balls]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDQvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLWZvci1jaGFwdGVyLW9uZS1vZi1sYXJ0LWRlLWpldHRlci1sZXMtYm9tYmVzLXNob3dpbmctYS1tYW4tc3RhbmRpbmctYzIyODIwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Illustration for chapter one of L'art de jetter les bombes showing a man standing amid artillery shooting cannon balls]")
![[Caesar-like figure standing and holding a staff and an orb topped with a cross]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDAvMDEvMDEvY2Flc2FyLWxpa2UtZmlndXJlLXN0YW5kaW5nLWFuZC1ob2xkaW5nLWEtc3RhZmYtYW5kLWFuLW9yYi10b3BwZWQtd2l0aC1hLWNyb3NzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[Caesar-like figure standing and holding a staff and an orb topped with a cross]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Confederate shell jacket and slouch hat with object hanging from neck in front of painted backdrop showing waterfall]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXNvbGRpZXItaW4tY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtc2hlbGwtamFja2V0LWFuZC1zbG91Y2gtaGF0LXdpdGgtb2JqZWN0LTQwYTU4OS02NDAuanBn/40/45/webp "[Unidentified soldier in Confederate shell jacket and slouch hat with object hanging from neck in front of painted backdrop showing waterfall]")
