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The plan is , by a combination of fighting , bargaining , and well-timed strokes of treachery , to acquire a ring of bases completely encircling one or other of the rival states , and then to sign a pact of friendship with that rival and remain on peaceful terms for so many years as to lull suspicion to sleep . gold
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