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hood of separate exhaustion of any portion is rather remote. Neverthe- less prophecy is too hazardous to indulge in. It is safe to say this, however, that the strength of either side — or its weakness — ^is to he measured more directly by its ability in organization, in the production of munitions, and in the efficient marshalling of resources than in the number of men available. This matter of organization goes altogether beyond the mere creation and handling of armies ; it is coming to em- brace the whole industrial life of the state itself. It has enabled the Teutonic Alliance, with less than half the resources in men of their opponents^ to make decidedly the better showing thus far.

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