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Sixty-eight

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The best officer does not plunge in headlong,
Nor is the best soldier a person eager to fight.
The greatest victor wins without a battle;
The person who overcomes people, understands them.

There is a quality of quietness
Which quickens people by no stress:
"Fellowship with heaven" as of old,
Is fellowship with people that maintains itself.



Henry Meyerding 2007-01-27