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if he tells them to attack, they attack; if he tells them to lay waste, they lay waste; if he tells them to build, they build;
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if he tells them to cut down, they cut down; if he tells them to plant, they plant.
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All his people and his armies obey him. Furthermore, he reclines, he eats and drinks and sleeps,
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but they keep watch around him, and no one may go away to attend to his own affairs, nor do they disobey him.
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Gentlemen, why is not the king the strongest, since he is to be obeyed in this fashion?" And he stopped speaking.
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