Saturday, September 08, 2012

Swarm

"The fiercest serpent may be overcome by a swarm of ants."

--Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

(1884-1943) Japanese Naval Marshal General and commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II, a graduate of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and a student of Harvard University (1919–1921)
Source: Statement in opposition of the planned construction of the Yamato class battleships, as quoted in Scraps of paper: the disarmament treaties between the world wars (1989) by Harlow A. Hyde

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