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His batteries north of the swamp open fire on the nearest hill, which will later be assaulted. Batteries eastward, in front of the lake and the knoll where he stands, are rolled forward almost to the transverse road, between willow trees..

— Malcolm Bosse The Warlord: A Novel (1983)

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"In his country and mine, a bridge builder never sells guns. [...] In China would a scholar sell guns?"

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"You Big Swords think you're good riders, good cavalrymen, but you have a long way to go, and you'll never be Mongols."

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"At the end of the day you want something. Even if you don't know what it is."

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