Such is the nature of force. Its power of converting a man into a thing is a double one, and in its application double-edged. To the same degree, though in different fashions, those who use it and those who endure it are turned to stone.

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The conquering soldier is like a scourge of nature. Possessed by war, he, like the slave, becomes a thing, though his manner of doing so is different—over him too, words are as powerless as over matter itself. Both, at the touch of force, experience its inevitable effects: they become deaf and dumb.

Thank you!

And here’s a link to the book if you want to buy it (wink wink do NOT ask me to send you a digital copy for free wink wink) www.fordhampress.com/978153150568...

I was very grateful to have some brilliant colleagues engage the book in a forum for the journal *Afghanistan.* Check it out! www.euppublishing.com/toc/afg/7/2

Amazing. Would you please add me? I work on religion in early modern Afghanistan and the Mughal world. Thanks!