Making a SoldierR. G. Badger, 1917 - 220 páginas |
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... lead to an understanding of various subjects , but the race usually stops short of the goal of a complete knowledge of any one subject . The mental pabu- lum is a hash - a superficial seasoning of every- thing and depth in nothing ...
... lead to an understanding of various subjects , but the race usually stops short of the goal of a complete knowledge of any one subject . The mental pabu- lum is a hash - a superficial seasoning of every- thing and depth in nothing ...
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... lead of the old Prussian model or that of West Point . What I call the old Prussian model was described by Marshal Saxe when he declared that soldiers should be machines animated only by the voice of their commander . His statement ...
... lead of the old Prussian model or that of West Point . What I call the old Prussian model was described by Marshal Saxe when he declared that soldiers should be machines animated only by the voice of their commander . His statement ...
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... lead by enlarging their knowledge of and experience in the game , make your exercises evi- dent steps in progress , and connect them in the soldier's mind with ideas of increased efficiency , which can help him and his organization to ...
... lead by enlarging their knowledge of and experience in the game , make your exercises evi- dent steps in progress , and connect them in the soldier's mind with ideas of increased efficiency , which can help him and his organization to ...
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... leads to action has its main springs in the feelings . I shall later point out that it is in the play of instincts we find the imperative that controls conduct . In- stincts are those innate habits which we have in- herited from ages of ...
... leads to action has its main springs in the feelings . I shall later point out that it is in the play of instincts we find the imperative that controls conduct . In- stincts are those innate habits which we have in- herited from ages of ...
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... lead us to habits of obedience . When we come to study the subject of instincts , we will see how much richer the service has grown , as education has opened up a clearer understand- ing of the uses that can be made of instincts and ...
... lead us to habits of obedience . When we come to study the subject of instincts , we will see how much richer the service has grown , as education has opened up a clearer understand- ing of the uses that can be made of instincts and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 114 - Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state. We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone.
Página 114 - Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted in your life. The third maxim is: Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain; and finally: Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.
Página 82 - The centipede was happy quite Until the toad in fun Said, 'Pray which leg comes after which When you begin to run?' This wrought her mind to such a pitch She lay distracted in the ditch Considering how to run.
Página 106 - The instructor explains briefly each movement, first executing it himself, if practicable. He requires the recruits to take the proper positions unassisted and does not touch them for the purpose of correcting them, except when they are unable to correct themselves. He avoids keeping them too long at the sunn.
Página 114 - Well ! he may not count it, and a kind Heaven may not count it; but it is being counted none the less. Down among his nerve-cells and fibres the molecules are counting it, registering and storing it up to be used against him when the next temptation comes.
Página 143 - I found, in brief, that all great nations learned their truth of word, and strength of thought, in war; that they were nourished in war, and wasted by peace; taught by war, and deceived by peace; trained by war, and betrayed by peace; — in a word, that they were born in war, and expired in peace.
Página 203 - Besides, the sudden change in their manner of living, particularly in their lodging, brings on sickness in many, impatience in all, and such an unconquerable desire of returning to their respective homes that it not only produces shameful and scandalous desertions among themselves, but infuses the like spirit in others.
Página 31 - I give it as my fixed opinion that but for our graduated cadets the war between the United States and Mexico might and probably would have lasted four or five years with, in its first half, more defeats than victories falling to our share ; whereas in less than two campaigns, we conquered a great country and a peace without the loss of a single battle or skirmish.
Página 118 - We may, then, define an instinct as an inherited or innate psycho-physical disposition which determines its possessor to perceive, and to pay attention to, objects of a certain class, to experience an emotional excitement of a particular quality upon perceiving such an object, and to act in regard to it in a particular manner, or, at least, to experience an impulse to such action.
Página 22 - Of the sailors, however, it would be injustice not to speak in the terms which their conduct merits. They were employed as gunners, and not only did they serve their guns with a quickness and precision which astonished...