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The plain-speaking, retired soldier had been telling old war stories and had impressed one point on his wide-eyed grandson: there is no replacement for training and superior weaponry.
Vast numbers of troops can substitutute, if the commanders are willing to suffer massive casualties -- but it is never a good strategy.
Stamina: 62/170 ATTRIBUTES
Your generous gift has moved Caulder. You have gained +242 Relationship Points. Total Relationship Points: +5,368 Congratulations! Your relationship with Caulder has improved from Happy (+2500) to Interested (+5,000). “You intrigue me. I was thinking that we could…”
History had shown again and again that ignoring evil because it did not affect you was a short-sighted and often deadly mistake.
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak for me.
“Assumptions create barriers in your own mind. By taking shortcuts in logic, you wall yourself off from true enlightenment.”
words were not just idle wind in The Land. They had power.
Words hold more power in the real world than most people realize. The right words inspire emotion in others. The wrong words can cause mental and emtional pain. Words carry knowledge from one person to another. They preserve knowledge across generations. In written or other recorded forms, our words can reach our descendants hundreds, even thousands, of generation into the future.
wealth was only a tool.

