"The necessity of procuring good Intelligence is..." - Quote by George Washington
The necessity of procuring good Intelligence is apparent & need not be further urged-All that remains for me to add, is, that you keep the whole matter as secret as possible. For upon Secrecy, Success depends in most Enterprizes of the kind, and for want of it, they are generally defeated, however well planned & promising a favourable issue.
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“I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.”
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