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"Two have entered here, and they are afraid of me. Under that baleful inventive genius their weapons seemed to multiply, and we were forced to tax our scientists to the utmost in order to have weapons, of offense--and yes, O Beneficence--defense! For now, though we had managed to stem their attack on our capital, they were steadily encroaching on our territory. Hence I was surprised to hear somebody on the docks remark that Braun was in the city over the week end.
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