Warisadreadfulthing；butitdoesprovetwopointssharplyandunanswerably——numbers，andanunnaturalvalor。Onedoesdiscoverthetwourgentmatters；howmanyrebelstherearealive，andhowmanyarereadytobedead。Butatinyminority，evenaninterestedminority，maymaintainmeredisorderforever。Thereisalso，ofcourse，inthecaseofthesewomen，thefurtherfalsitythatisintroducedbytheirsex。
Itisfalsetostatethematterasamerebrutalquestionofstrength。
Ifhismusclesgiveamanavote，thenhishorseoughttohavetwovotesandhiselephantfivevotes。Thetruthismoresubtlethanthat；
itisthatbodilyoutbreakisaman\'sinstinctiveweapon，likethehoofstothehorseorthetuskstotheelephant。Allriotisathreatofwar；butthewomanisbrandishingaweaponshecanneveruse。
Therearemanyweaponsthatshecouldanddoesuse。If（forexample）