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To conquer by sheer force is becoming harder and harder every day. Defensive is getting continuously the advantage of offensive, as we progress in the satanic science of destruction.

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Nikola Tesla
Age: 86 †
Born: 1856
Born: July 10
Died: 1943
Died: January 7
Electrical Engineer
Inventor
Mechanical Engineer
Physicist
Szmilján
Nicola Tesla
Tesla
Getting
Offensive
Force
Sheer
Science
Conquer
Every
Destruction
Advantage
Harder
Satanic
Becoming
Defensive
Progress
Continuously

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