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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Art of War by Sun Tzu: succeeded by content.
21. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never
come again into being;
[The Wu State was destined to be a melancholy example of
this saying.]
nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.
22. Hence the enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good
general full of caution. This is the way to keep a country at
peace and an army intact.
[1] "Unless you enter the tiger's lair, you cannot get hold of
the tiger's cubs."
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