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"The
spirit of foreign authority wafted through the police headquarters. The
authorities there were charged with finding out to what extent the subject
population was enthusiastic for war. There were several exceptions. But, most
people didn't deny that they were the sons of a nation that was doomed to bleed
itself empty for interests totally alien to them. Police headquarters was also
home to the most beautiful gathering of bureaucratic birds of prey. As a means
of defending the existence of their convoluted articles of law, they had an
affection for the use of hard-labor prisons and the gallows."
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