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If one does not wish bonds broken, one should make them elastic and thereby strengthen them.

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Ardant du Picq
Age: 48 †
Born: 1821
Born: October 19
Died: 1870
Died: August 18
Military Personnel
Military Theorist
Non-Fiction Writer
Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq
Wish
Money
Doe
Elastic
Make
Bonds
Strengthen
Thereby
Broken
Relationship

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