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Soldiers.

Certainly not. They're just policemen.

[Triumphantly.] But they have uniforms—and they carry weapons, too.

You're just as dumb as you can be. You don't go by their uniforms.

But you said

No, I didn't. A letter-carrier wears a uniform, too, but that doesn't make him a soldier.

But if he carried a gun or a sword, would he be

No, he'd still be a letter-carrier. You can't go by guns or swords, either.

Well, if you don't go by the uniforms or the weapons, what do you go by?