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...that can be done, American divisions must come over here to strengthen the Western German feeling of security. How can you give people a purpose when they know that if the Soviets attack, they'll be on the Rhine in no time? Even if everyone took up a knife or club, there would be no stopping them. The people have to know there is at least a chance...
Luther himself was only too conscious of his excesses, and once, when asked why he was so violent, composed a salient epigram on his entire life. "A twig," he said, "can be cut with a bread knife, but an oak calls...
...doors and windows. Charlie himself stood stubbornly in the doorway, holding a pistol, as the hooded mob ran toward him. But he did not shoot. A Klansman wrested the weapon from him; he was beaten within an inch of his life, one of his ears was notched with a knife, and he was stuffed into the trunk of one of the cars. The mob smashed his furniture, and then shot up his "casino" with pistol fire...
...Curt LeMay's fierce single-purpose first showed itself back in high school in Columbus, Ohio. Boyhood friends recalled that he paid girls little attention, preferred to spend his leisure building crystal "wireless" sets or prowling through the hills of southern Ohio with a gun and a bowie knife...
Surgeon's Knife. "Nothing must stand in your way," warns Miss Carlyle. "If you are convinced the family is a detriment to your success, please don't hesitate to keep them in the background. After marriage, you can see your parents during the day- alone." As for friends, "appraise calmly whether your friend or friends aid or hinder you in your objective . . . Examine the true state of affairs with a surgeon's knife. Your relationship [may be] a cancerous growth which should be removed...