He had a well-shaped head - not the "bullet" type of many pugilists - and dark hair which was turning gray. He carried this head at a proud angle which gave emphasis to his prominent jaw. His face was somewhat florid, so that even without knowing who he was, on would have said "Here is a man who has been a hard drinker." He had a fine mustache in the old tradition. Starting below his nostrils this mustache, a few shades grayer than his hair, extended in leisurely fashion over his lip and all the way across his face on both sides. The under edges were a trifle ragged and the curl at the ends was upward. He had a custom of snorting sometimes, as he was about to say something, after which he would stroke his mustache, first on one side, then on the other. I got the idea that this stroking business acted as a sedative on him. . . .
He talked with a perceptible, but not pronounced, brogue. When he became excited, however, this brogue grow thicker. He made small errors in grammar, which stamped him as a man of little education, but remembering how brief his education really was, one had to admit that he talked remarkably well. . . .
"Well, there's nothing to fighting, " he opened up, "Just come out fast from your corner, hit the other fellow as hard as you can and hit him first. That's all there is to fighting."
He laughed, then at once grew serious.
"What I should like to talk about is something else. Whiskey! There's the only fighter that ever really licked old John L. Jim Corbett, according to the record, knocked me out in New Orleans in 1892, but he only gave the finishing touches to what whiskey had already done to me. If I had met Jim Corbett before whiskey got me I'd have killed him. I stopped drinking long ago, but of course, too late. Too late for old John L., but not too late for millions of boys who are starting out to follow the same road
The philosophers ideas influenced the events of American Revolution and creation of America because they were influenced by the french philosophers.
Explanation:
The American revolution was influenced by french philosophies. The french would sit in the parlour at the end of the day and would discuss ideologies such as liberty, equality and justice.
Enlightenment ideas were also a main reason of the American revolution. The enlightenment ideas included such as peace, harmony and equal rights for everyone.
Ethiopia purchased modern weapons from France and Russia.
Ethiopia won its wars against Italy and has successfully secured its sovereignty because they bought some artillery pieces from Russia. Russia also supported Ethiopia with military advisers and army training. United Kingdom and France also supported Ethiopia to prevent Italy from becoming their colonial competitor.
