National Military Establishment

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“The progress
Is permanent like the preordained bulk
Of the First National Bank
Like fish sauce, but agreeable.”
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“The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.”
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