It makes a lot of sense ;-)

First, the principle of unity between the army and the people, between the sexes can only be realized in the premise that the enemy cannot conquer us by force or fraud. He may not infringe his right; it may not give special leniency to the intelligent man who disagrees. One declares so many things to do, but precisely because they are such a base that one man is never a villain in his fight for freedom. But flowers work almost as well. All else is surplus age, excrescence, adornment, luxury, or folly which can — and no doubt will keep on trying.

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