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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Monday, 23 October 1939
[I Ching hexagram] 37.
Working on [Telephone Mnemonic] Dictionary.
Beat Tarrant [at chess] 1-0.
Evening with Cammell [Charles Cammell] & Iona [Charles Cammell's wife]. He has been lulled into a semblance of courage by [Maurice] Gamelin's[1] strategy.
1—Maurice Gustave Gamelin (20 September 1872–18 April 1958) was a senior French Army general. Gamelin is remembered for his unsuccessful command (until 17 May 1940) of the French military during the Battle of France (10 May–22 June 1940) in World War II and his steadfast defence of republican values.
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