Only the incompetent wait until the last extremity to use force, and by then, it is usually too late to use anything, even prayer. (H. Beam Piper)

Only the incompetent wait until the last extremity to use force, and by then, it is usually too late to use anything, even prayer.

H. Beam Piper

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