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... believe ) a captain at that time . Smith was a soldier of great ability . He had a pas- sionate liking for the science of war , and he knew as much about armies and soldiers as any American of that epoch could know . As commandant , he ...
... believe ) a captain at that time . Smith was a soldier of great ability . He had a pas- sionate liking for the science of war , and he knew as much about armies and soldiers as any American of that epoch could know . As commandant , he ...
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... believe that his bitter distaste for the military life started him in the drinking habit . We shall not understand his character at all unless we conceive him constantly as a pacifist . Yet his pacifism was chiefly Monterey 87 ...
... believe that his bitter distaste for the military life started him in the drinking habit . We shall not understand his character at all unless we conceive him constantly as a pacifist . Yet his pacifism was chiefly Monterey 87 ...
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... believe that the idea of going back across the river ever occurred to him as a possible recourse . His character was extremely obstinate , and there was his superstition against turning back . I do not believe he would have retreated ...
... believe that the idea of going back across the river ever occurred to him as a possible recourse . His character was extremely obstinate , and there was his superstition against turning back . I do not believe he would have retreated ...
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MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
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