Defence when one needs it most

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Defence when one needs it most.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in conflicts with others. · Forethought in defences against others. · view the constellation · filed as J673

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Depth Commentary The Interpretation of Dreams , Chapter VII
Literary Crystallization Four Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee , King Lear Act 5
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LI LI. Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet
Hermetic / Alchemical Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Volume I: Prolegomena , Chapter II: The History of the Evolution of Opinion
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 4, Canto 10

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Spanish Exempla Keller.

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Armor ordered thin in front and thick in back, since it would be most needed in flight

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Practical and impractical defences Defences by strengthening one's own weakest spots Defences in and out of season Man slays another in order not to be slain himself Youthful fencer yields to infuriated opponent who has picked up a pestle. "Two against me. I surrender." Foolishness of king's taking a washerman for chief minister; washerman makes no preparation for war and kingdom is conquered. [Inadvertant duplication of U129.3.]

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