WhatIhavewrittenhere，dearsirandfriend，othersthink。I
haveseenmanyofmyclassmatesoroldergraduatescaughtlikemeinthetoilsofsomespecialty，——geographicalengineers，captain—
professors，captainsofengineers，whowillremaincaptainsalltheirlives，andnowbitterlyregrettheydidnotenteractiveservicewiththearmy。Reflectingonthesemiserableresults，I
askmyselfthefollowingquestions，andIwouldlikeyouropiniononthem，assuringyouthattheyarethefruitoflongmeditation，clarifiedinthefiresofsuffering:——
WhatistherealobjectoftheState？Doesittrulyseektoobtainfinecapacities？Thesystemnowpursueddirectlydefeatsthatend;