Motive of attack. —One attacks someone not only so as to harm him or to overpower him but perhaps only so as to learn how strong he is. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, 1844–1900 Last year at a great conference there was a certain man who explained his dissenting opinion and said he was resolved to kill the conference leader if it was not accepted. His motion was passed. After the procedures were over, the man said, “Their assent came quickly. I think that they are too weak and unreliable to be counselors to the master.” HAGAKURE: THE BOOK OF THE SAMURAI, YAMAMOTO TSUNETOMO, 1659–1720
