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Originally Posted by iadom
Interestingly, the Victory is to be repaired using oaks planted 200 years ago on the recommendation of Nelson himself.[...]Talk about forward planning.  |
Napoleon apparently also engaged in some similar forward thinking. When he took power in France he ordered that trees be planted alongside all the major roads to shade his troops when marching in the hot summer months.
When he was told that it would take 20 years for the trees to become tall enough for this to be any use he supposedly said words to the effect of "well you'd better get started right away, then!"