FORCE, n. 'Force is but might,' the teacher said p 'That definition's just.' The boy said naught but throught instead, Remembering his pounded head 'Force is not might but must' (Ambrose Bierce)

FORCE, n. 'Force is but might,' the teacher said p 'That definition's just.' The boy said naught but throught instead, Remembering his pounded head 'Force is not might but must'

Ambrose Bierce

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