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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: Bello Gallico," V. 28, 44, et al.).]
20. These are six ways of courting defeat, which must be
carefully noted by the general who has attained a responsible
post.
[See supra, ss. 13.]
21. The natural formation of the country is the soldier's
best ally;
[Ch`en Hao says: "The advantages of weather and season are
not equal to those connected with ground."]
but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling the
forces of victory, and of shrewdly calculating difficulties,
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