To Foster The People's Willing Spirit Is

The Easiest And Quickest Path Into The Esteem Of Traditional Military Authorities Is By The Appeal To The Eye, Rather Than To The Mind. The `polish And Pipeclay' School Is Not Yet Extinct, And It Is Easier For The Mediocre Intelligence To Become An Authority On Buttons, Than On Tactics.

For The Spread And Endurance Of An Idea The Originator Is Dependent On The Self-development Of The Receivers And Transmitters.

Avoid Self-righteousness Like The Devil- Nothing Is So Self-blinding.

The Principle Of Compulsory Service, Embodied In The System Of Conscription, Lias Been The Means By Which Modem Dictators And Military Gangs Have Shackled Their People After A Coup D'état, And Bound Them To Their Own Aggressive Purposes. In View Of The Great Service That Conscription Has Rendered To Tyranny And War, It Is Fundamentally Shortsighted For Any Liberty-loving And Peace-desiring Peoples To Maintain It As An Imagined Safeguard, Lest They Become The Victims Of The Monster They Have Helped To Preserve.

Opposition To The Truth Is Inevitable, Especially If It Takes The Form Of A New Idea, But The Degree Of Resistance Can Be Diminished- By Giving Thought Not Only To The Aim But To The Method Of Approach. Avoid A Frontal Attack On A Long Established Position; Instead, Seek To Turn It By Flank Movement, So That A More Penetrable Side Is Exposed To The Thrust Of Truth. But, In Any Such Indirect Approach, Take Care Not To Diverge From The Truth- For Nothing Is More Fatal To Its Real Advancement Than To Lapse Into Untruth.