Liberty and Law—Human National Governance (Part 7)

Although the continental nation maintains adequate defense against attack by hostile neighbors, it pays far more attention to the training of statesmen, scientists, and philosophers. Military service during peacetime is purely voluntary, and the enlistments in all branches of the service are for four years, during which every man pursues some special line of study in addition to the mastery of military tactics. The reading encompassed Paper 72:11-12, p. 818