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Vitality Springs From Diversity -- Which Makes For Real Progress So Long As There Is Mutual Toleration, Based On The Recognition That Worse May Come From An Attempt To Suppress Differences Than From Acceptance Of Them. For This Reason, The Kind Of Peace That Makes Progress Possible Is Best Assured By The Mutual Checks Created By A Balance Of Forces-alike In The Sphere Of Internal Politics And Of International Relations.

In Reality, It Si More Fruitful To Wound Than To Kill. While The Dead Man Lies Still, Counting Only One Man Less, The Wounded Man Is A Progressive Drain Upon His Side.

The Profoundest Truth Of War Is That The Issue Of Battle Is Usually Decided In The Minds Of The Opposing Commanders, Not In The Bodies Of Their Men.

The Nearer The Cutting Off Point Lies To The Main Force Of The Enemy, The More Immediate The Effect; Whereas The Closer To The Strategic Base It Takes Place, The Greater The Effect.

Direct Experience Is Inherently Too Limited To Form An Adequate Foundation Either For Theory Or For Application. At The Best It Produces An Atmosphere That Is Of Value In Drying And Hardening The Structure Of Thought. The Greater Value Of Indirect Experience Lies In Its Greater Variety And Extent. History Is Universal Experience, The Experience Not Of Another, But Of Many Others Under Manifold Conditions.