Associative Reasoning_Storybooks & Fairytales

The late Henry H. Littlefield, a professor of history, an officer and a gentlemen, the wizard of oz, had a "Grappler's mentality".

"we compete, win lose or draw."

I am proud to have served under his command: for it was he who reminded me that the ring was no place to go looking for a lesson; to man-up in the face of adversity; and, that little red ridinghood had left the building.

Lessons that I proudly passed on to my children; lessons that they needed to know.

Otherwise recall that  which learned men already know; the words of 16th Century Statesman Niccolo Machiavelli:

..you must know that there are two ways of contesting; the one by Law, the other by Force. The first method is proper of Men, the second to Beasts; but because the first is frequently insufficient, it is necessary to have recourse to the second.

Therefore, it is necessary for a prince to understand how to avail himself of the beast, and the man.