Note 301 — Chapter X
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It is worthy of remark that Cromwell began his military course at about forty, the same age as that at which Cæsar commenced his victories. Cæsar, however, when a young man, had served in the army, which Cromwell had not. It is a curious parallel that both should have been such successful soldiers after so long an engagement in peaceful occupations. Both died at the age of about fifty-five.