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And now that he has done the same for my son, he too will fall

fighting I know not where.'" Li Ch'uan mentions the Viscount of

Ch'u, who invaded the small state of Hsiao during the winter. The

Duke of Shen said to him: "Many of the soldiers are suffering

severely from the cold." So he made a round of the whole army,

comforting and encouraging the men; and straightway they felt as

if they were clothed in garments lined with floss silk.]

26. If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your

authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your

commands; and incapable, moreover, of quelling disorder: then

your soldiers must be likened to spoilt children; they are

useless for any practical purpose.