Power corrupts.
Even the most loyal are susceptible.
In each generation there always seemed to be too many sons for the land to support.
In the 18th century a Smallwood was sent off to Maryland to find his own way in the British Colonies. His son raised a regiment to fight against the tyrannical English which saved George Washington’s army at the Battle of Brooklyn Heights in July 1776. Of course the rest of the Smallwood family were mortified by their cousin’s behaviour.
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