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chapter_07-concerning_new_principalities_which_are_acquired_either_by_the_arms_others_or_by_good_fortune		chapter_07-concerning_new_principalities_which_are_acquired_either_by_the_arms_others_or_by_good_fortune			.txt	text/plain	2599	70	60	Neither have they the knowledge requisite for the position; because, unless they are men of great worth and ability, it is not reasonable to expect that they should know how to command, having always lived in a private condition; besides, they cannot hold it because they have not forces which they can keep friendly and faithful. States that rise unexpectedly, then, like all other things in nature which are born and grow rapidly, cannot have their foundations and relations with other states fixed in such a way that the first storm will not overthrow them; unless, as is said, those who unexpectedly become princes are men of so much ability that they know they have to be prepared at once to hold that which fortune has thrown into their laps, and that those foundations, which others have laid before they became princes, they must lay afterwards. Francesco, by proper means and with great ability, from being a private person rose to be Duke of Milan, and that which he had acquired with a thousand anxieties he kept with little trouble.	cache/chapter_07-concerning_new_principalities_which_are_acquired_either_by_the_arms_others_or_by_good_fortune.txt	txt/chapter_07-concerning_new_principalities_which_are_acquired_either_by_the_arms_others_or_by_good_fortune.txt
