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... nature of his country presents little induce- ment , and bred up in the strictest poverty - the military profession gratifies his pride , for with him enlistment is promotion in life . In his native glens he is slothful and indolent as ...
... nature of his country presents little induce- ment , and bred up in the strictest poverty - the military profession gratifies his pride , for with him enlistment is promotion in life . In his native glens he is slothful and indolent as ...
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... nature is constituted as it is of service for life . Let the legislature interfere ; and should military men , still blinded by prejudice , resist the improvement , show them that there exists a power superior to the bad customs of the ...
... nature is constituted as it is of service for life . Let the legislature interfere ; and should military men , still blinded by prejudice , resist the improvement , show them that there exists a power superior to the bad customs of the ...
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William Fergusson James Fergusson. unlimited service is the nature of our Colonial Empire , rendering the relief of men who have served out their time a matter of great inconvenience and expense ; and during war , it would not only be ...
William Fergusson James Fergusson. unlimited service is the nature of our Colonial Empire , rendering the relief of men who have served out their time a matter of great inconvenience and expense ; and during war , it would not only be ...
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... nature , and stained the national character . The fruits were strikingly characteristic of the seed - universal depra- vity , desertion , crime - the halberts . Unless in the strictly na- tional regiments , where character still bore ...
... nature , and stained the national character . The fruits were strikingly characteristic of the seed - universal depra- vity , desertion , crime - the halberts . Unless in the strictly na- tional regiments , where character still bore ...
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... nature was giving way , I had him taken down and carried to the hospital . In a few weeks he was reported cured , and the commanding officer declared that the sentence should be inflicted to the utmost lash . He was accord- ingly ...
... nature was giving way , I had him taken down and carried to the hospital . In a few weeks he was reported cured , and the commanding officer declared that the sentence should be inflicted to the utmost lash . He was accord- ingly ...
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