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In 1791 an obscure baroness and her daughters left Paris in a carriage headed west. Along the way, at Sainte-Menehould, their male servant went to change horses, and the town’s postmaster, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, thought he looked familiar. Drouet took out a banknote and confirmed, from the face printed on the back, the servant’s identity: […]

ID Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share this post ID Scott Galloway @profgalloway Published on September 30, 2022 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share this post Audio Recording by George Hahn In 1791 an obscure baroness and her daughters left Paris in a carriage headed west. Along the way, at Sainte-Menehould, their male servant went to change horses, and the town’s postmaster, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, thought he looked familiar. Drouet took out a banknote and confirmed, from the face printed on the back, the servant’s identity: King Louis XVI, who was

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