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“It is the discipline which is the soul of armies, as indeed the soul of power in all intelligence. Other things -- moral considerations, impulses of sentiment, and even natural excitement -- may lead men to great deed; but taken in the long run, and in all vicissitudes, an army is effective in proportion to its discipline.” — Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
It is the discipline which is the soul of armies, as indeed the soul of power in all intelligence. Other things -- moral considerations, impulses of sentiment, and even natural excitement -- may lead men to great deed; but taken in the long run, and in all vicissitudes, an army is effective in proportion to its discipline.