 | Adam Ferguson - 1789 - 448 trang
...are themfelves combined. The general officer may be a great proficient in the knowledge of war, while the foldier is confined to a few motions of the hand...leading a fmall party, or merely in defending himfelf. TH E practitioner of every art and profeflion may afford matter of general fpeculation to the man of... | |
 | Guang-Zhen Sun - 2005 - 312 trang
...combined. The general officer may be a great proficient in the knowledge of war, while the soldier is confined to a few motions of the hand and the foot. The former may have gained, what the latter has lost; and being occupied in the conduct of disciplined armies, may practise on a larger scale, all... | |
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... cultivated, while that of the inferior workman lies waste. The statesman may have a wide comprehension of human affairs, while the tools he employs are ignorant of the system in which they are themselves combined. The general officer may be a great... 