 ... without it all other gifts are useless. Now, for the exercise of power there is no preparation like power, and nowhere is this preparation to be found in this community, except in regular army training. Nothing but great personal qualities can give...  Public Documents of Massachusetts - Halaman 9oleh Massachusetts - 1882Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | 1864 - 816 halaman
...army-training. Nothing but great personal qualities can give a man by nature what is easily acquired by young men of very average ability who are systematically trained to command. The criticism habitually made upon our army by foreign observers at the beginning of the war continues... | |
 | Henry Lee - 1864 - 150 halaman
...soldier, like personal liberty in the civilian, must be waived for the preservation of the nation." " The weak point of our volunteer service invariably...officer, in his turn, equally shrinks from commanding." • 107 allotments of rewards and punishments, the cheerful endurance of hardship, the silent, prompt... | |
 | 1864 - 886 halaman
...army-training. Nothing but great personal qualities can give a man by nature what is easily acquired by young men of very average ability who are systematically trained to command. The criticism habitually made upon our army by foreign observers at the beginning of the war continues... | |
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