""I would like to have that history," I said. "I expect there wasfighting?" He nodded. "But first--tell me about the Rule.""The Rule aims to exclude the dull and base altogether, todiscipline the impulses and emotions, to develop a moral habit andsustain a man in periods of stress, fatigue, and temptation, toproduce the maximum co-operation of all men of good intent, and, infact, to keep all the samurai in a state of moral and bodily healthand efficiency.
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