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100. General Stumm Invades the State Library and Learns About the World of Books, the Librarians Guarding It, and Intellectual Order


By Rob Giampietro
for DOT DOT DOT 16

'One of the foremost rules for a good General is to find the enemy's strength,' he said. 'So I asked them to get me a card to our world-famous Imperial Library, and with the help of a librarian who very charmingly put himself at my disposal when I told him who I was, I have now penetrated the enemy's lines. We marked down the ranks in that colossal storehouse of books, and I don't mind telling you I was not particularly overwhelmed; those rows of books are no worse than a garrison on parade.

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