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Wherever, I believe, we send
out a force composed partly or wholly of our citizens, there the gods are
gracious and fortune fights on our side; but wherever you send out a general
with an empty decree and the mere aspirations of this platform, your needs are
not served, your enemies laugh you to scorn, your allies stand in mortal fear of
such an expeditionary force.
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