He also decried foolish sideline jibber jabber about battle.
" A great many men, when they smell battle far off, chafe to get into the fray. When they say so themselves they generally fail to convince their hearers...and as they approach danger they become more subdued. The rule is not universal, for I have known a few men who were always aching for a fight when there was no enemy near, who were as good as there word when battle did come. But the number of such men men is small."–from his Memoirs |
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