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上以高麗困弊，議以明年發三十萬眾，一舉滅之。或以為大軍東征，須備經歲之糧，非畜乘所能載，宜具舟艦為水運。隋末劍南獨無寇盜，屬者遼東之役，劍南復不預及，其百姓富庶，宜使之造舟艦。上從之。秋，七月，遣右領左右府長史強偉於劍南道伐木造舟艦，大者或長百尺，其廣半之。別遣使行水道，自巫峽抵江、揚，趣萊州。

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卷199·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之下貞觀二十二年（戊申，公元六四八年）·第9则

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子曰：「善人教民七年，亦可以卽戎矣。」

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子路第十三·十三之二九

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Thirdly, of the improvements of land, of what has been profitably laid out in clearing, draining, inclosing, manuring, and reducing it into the condition most proper for tillage and culture. An improved farm may very justly be regarded in the same light as those useful machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and by means of which an equal circulating capital can afford a much greater revenue to its employer. An improved farm is equally advantageous and more durable than any of those machines, frequently requiring no other repairs than the most profitable application of the farmer’s capital employed in cultivating it.

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Book II, Chapter I, paragraph 692

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滕文公問曰：「齊人將築薛，吾甚恐，如之何則可？」 孟子對曰：「昔者大王居邠，狄人侵之，去之岐山之下居焉。非擇而取之，不得已也。苟為善，後世子孫必有王者矣。君子創業垂統，為可繼也。若夫成功，則天也。君如彼何哉？強為善而已矣。」

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梁惠王下·14

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Our luck, however, changed early this year. In February, we agreed to buy 50% of a holding company that will own all of H. J. Heinz. The other half will be owned by a small group of investors led by Jorge Paulo Lemann, a renowned Brazilian businessman and philanthropist.

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2012 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 4

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