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War Both Needs And Generates Certain Virtues; Not The Highest, But What May Be Called The Preliminary Virtues, As Valor, Veracity, The Spirit Of Obedience, The Habit Of Discipline. Any Of These, And Of Others Like Them, When Possessed By A Nation, And No Matter How Generated, Will Give Them A Military Advantage, And Make Them More Likely To Stay In The Race Of Nations.

A Princely Marriage Is The Brilliant Edition Of A Universal Fact, And, As Such, It Rivets Mankind.

In The Faculty Of Writing Nonsense, Stupidity Is No Match For Genius.

So Long As War Is The Main Business Of Nations, Temporary Despotism - Despotism During The Campaign - Is Indispensable.

It Is Good To Be Without Vices, But It Is Not Good To Be Without Temptations.