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61. Submission

  a nation is like a hierarchy, a marketplace, and a maiden.

  a maiden wins her husband by submitting to his advances;

  submission is a means of union.

  so when a large country submits to a small country

  it will adopt the small country;

  when a small country submits to a large country

  it will be adopted by the large country;

  the one submits and adopts;

  the other submits and is adopted.

  it is in the interest of a large country to unite and gain service,

  and in the interest of a small country to unite and gain patronage;

  if both would serve their interests,

  both must submit.

  

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