ABSTRACT
WE may also consider the difference between commanders, where one is slow and faint-hearted, a second bold and acute, this man furnished with natural abilty and military expertise, the other uncertain, rash, and stubborn. One takes thought for supplies, is on the watch for an ambush, weighs in his mind the strength of the enemy, chooses the time for battle, inspects weapons, draws up the battle-line, and supports it with reserves; the second has no consideration for the arrangement of his forces, does not reconnoitre the ground, does not give out passwords, nor put the baggage at a distance from his army.
