...that oft-quoted complaint, " Soldiers have riot the same boldness in undertaking a political measure that we have : we look to the benefit of our country, and risk our own fame (not life merely) every day to serve her ; a soldier obeys his orders and no more." Mahan provides...

...measure that we have : we look to the benefit of our country, and risk our own fame (not life merely) every day to serve her ; a soldier obeys his orders and no more." Mahan provides us with a striking picture of Nelson's anxiety to get troops to Malta in 1799, when...

...consulted ; and I know, from experience, they have not the same boldness in undertaking a political measure that we have : we look to the benefit of our country,...under Wellington. The army from Elba, consisting of 3,700 men, would do the business, he said, in three days, probably in much less time ; and he would...

...their service. " Soldiers," he wrote, " have not the same boldness in undertaking a political measure that we have ; we look to the benefit of our country, and risk our own fame every day to save her : a soldier obeys his orders and no more." * The political measure in question was the anticipated...

...consulted; and I know, from experience, they have not the same boldness in undertaking a political measure that we have : we look to the benefit of our country,...her ; — a soldier obeys his orders, and no more. ' ' Nelson 's experience at Corsica justified him in his harsh opinion ; — he did not live to see...