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Reckless audacity came to be considered the courage of a loyal ally; prudent hesitation, specious cowardice; moderation was held to be a cloak for unmanliness; ability to see all sides of a question, inaptness to act on any.
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Words had to change their ordinary meaning and to take that which was now given them.
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war takes away the easy supply of daily wants, and so proves a rough master, that brings most men's characters to a level with their fortunes