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The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.
The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.
Approximate author period: c. 1821 AD · industrial
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- Approximate author period: c. 1821 AD · industrial
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