Alexander
the Great's meeting with the family of King Darius. It is said
that Darius' wife greeted Alexander's friend Hephaesteon as Alexander by
mistake. Alexander replied, "Think nothing of it, he is Alexander, too."
(Source:
IMSI MasterClips) Image credits
and copyright
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 Napoleon
Bonaparte (Source: IMSI MasterClips) Image
credits and copyright |
Takeda
Shingen, 16th century Japanese warlord. Archrival of Uesugi
Kenshin. (Source: IMSI MasterClips) Takeda Shingen
Feudal Japanese lord Takeda Shingen, of Kai Provence, looks toward Mount
Fuji and its province Suruga. On the Coast at Kiyomi even the Sky Bars
the Way/The Moon is Blocked by the Mio Pine Groves Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka
(1839-1892) Japanese 1886
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 Frederick
II, "The Great" |
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Source: IMSI
MasterClips) Shizu Peak Moon General Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598)
blows his conch shell horn to sound the attack on the forces besieging
the fort of Shizugatake Hill. Shizu Peak Moon Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (1839-1892)
Japanese 1888
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Genghis Khan. (Source: IMSI MasterClips)
"What is best in life is to crush your competitors, to chase them before you, to rob them of their market share, to clutch to your income statement their former revenues, and to hear the lamentations of their stockholders." Genghis Khan, CEO, Mongol Hordes, Inc. Some tongue-in-cheek humor, but business is war: for more information, see The Way of Strategy. |
Uesugi Kenshin, archrival of Takeda Shingen. (Source:
IMSI MasterClips) Kenshin The priest and general Kenshin (1530-1578)
sits on a deerskin stool at a formal dinner in his camp, turns to watch
a flight of geese against a full moon, and composes a poem. Frost Fills
the Camp and the Autumn Air is Still/Lines of Returning Geese Cross the
Moon of the Third Hour - Kenshin Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (1839-1892) Japanese
1890
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 Helmuth
Karl Bernhard, Graf von Moltke. |
 Arthur
Wellesley, Duke of Wellington |
