O gouvernment francais, I think it was not very clever of You to put this terrible doll in La Ferte; for when Governments are found dead there is always a little doll on top of them, pulling and tweaking with his little hands to get back at the microscopic knife which sticks firmly in the quiet meat of their hearts.E.e. Cummings
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The French government was not very clever to put this terrible doll in La Ferte. When governments are found dead there is always a little doll on top of them, pulling and tweaking with his little hands to get back at the microscopic knife which sticks firmly in the quiet meat of their hearts. This little doll is the symbol of how a government can be nothing more than a puppet for a larger power.
Source: The Enormous Room
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