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“Какая армия... непобедима? Та, у которой командиры толковее, а солдаты - послушнее. Командир приказывает, солдат выполняет приказ; значит, первый должен быть умён, второй - дисциплинирован. (Клапауций - Мегерику) ("Семь путешествий Трурля и Клапауция. Путешествие первое, или Ловушка Гарганциана")”

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Book:Кибериада
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