And because this is now a political problem, the usual political syllogism applies
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(b) is Something | Therefore (b) Must Be Done. | Chapter 2, “The Comstock Office is Closing” (p. 44)
No plan of battle survives contact with the enemy, and time is the ultimate opponent.
Never trust a man who thinks his religion gives him all the answers.
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