 The relation between officer and soldier is something so different in kind from anything which civil life has to offer, that it has proved almost impossible to transfer methods or maxims from the one to the other. If a regiment is merely a caucus, and...  Public Documents of Massachusetts - Halaman 8oleh Massachusetts - 1882Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | 1864 - 816 halaman
...civil life has to offer, that it has proved almost impossible to transfer methods or maxims from the one to the other. If a regiment is merely a caucus,...moderator, — or merely a bar-room, and the colonel tl'e landlord,— then the failure of the whole thing is a foregone conclusion. War is not the highest... | |
 | Henry Lee - 1864 - 150 halaman
...the chairman,mercly a fire-company, and the colonel the foreman, — or merely a prayer-meeting, nud the colonel the moderator, — or merely a bar-room,...pursuits, certainly ; but an army comes very near to being tho completes! of human organizations, and ho alone succeeds in it who readily accepts its inevitable... | |
 | Louis P. Masur - 1995 - 316 halaman
...civil life has to offer, that it is has proved almost impossible to transfer methods or maxims from the one to the other. If a regiment is merely a caucus, and the colonel the chairman,—or merely a fire-company, and the colonel the foreman,—or merely a prayer-meeting, and... | |
 | 1864 - 886 halaman
...civil life has to offer, that it has proved almost impossible to transfer methods or maxims from the one to the other. If a regiment is merely a caucus,...certainly ; but an army comes very near to being the completes! of human organizations, and he alone succeeds in it who readily accepts its inevitable laws,... | |
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