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| 1 | 518 | Obedience is a View more quotes about common">common path to victory; but it may lead as well to defeat. |
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| 1 | 515 | "Of what use is a lance left forever in its rack," I said, "or a sword which fears to leave its sheath?" "The lance is to remain in its rack until grasped," said Lord Okimoto, "and the sword is to be drawn only by the proper hand". |
| 1 | 516 | "Of course," I said. |
| 1 | 517 | But who is to grasp the lance, I wondered, and whose would be a proper hand. |
| 1 | 518 | Obedience is a common path to victory; but it may lead as well to defeat. |
| 1 | 519 | "In flight, even in darkness," said Lord Okimoto, "be careful of the course you set". |
| 1 | 520 | "There may be someone in the holding," said Lord Nishida, "who would mark such things". |
| 1 | 521 | "I understand," I said. |