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"The ferocity of this spectacle," Machiavelli concludes,
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"left the people at once satisfied and stupefied."
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That, of course, is Machiavelli's virtu,
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princely virtue, what you do to leave
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the people satisfied and stupefied.
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What we might call today shock and awe.
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Okay, Next Week We'Ll Continue This Learned Man.