The Spurious Letters Attributed to Washington
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But Putnam is a plain, blunt, unde- signing old fellow, whose views reach no further than the duties of his profession; he is, indeed, very ignorant, f yet I find him a useful officer; and chiefly because he neither plagues me nor ♦ From the first there was this jealousy between the New England troops and those of the other colonies. The truth seems to have been that the ideas of equality that were prevalent among the former found little sym- pathy among the latter. Numerous quotations could be... made to prove this ; but one is given, from a letter of Washington to Patrick Henry, 5 October, 1776: " One circumstance, in this important business, ought to be cautious- ly guarded against, and that is, the soldiers and officers being too nearly on a level. Discipline and subordination add life and vigor to military move- ments. The person commanded yields but a reluctant obedience to those, who he conceives are undeservedly made his superiors. The degrees of rank are frequently transferred from civil life into the departments of the army.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But Putnam is a plain, blunt, unde- signing old fellow, whose views reach no further than the duties of his profession; he is, indeed, very ignorant, f yet I find him a useful officer; and chiefly because he neither plagues me nor ♦ From the first there was this jealousy between the New England troops and those of the other colonies. The truth seems to have been that the ideas of equality that were prevalent among the former found little sym- pathy among the latter. Numerous quotations could be... made to prove this ; but one is given, from a letter of Washington to Patrick Henry, 5 October, 1776: " One circumstance, in this important business, ought to be cautious- ly guarded against, and that is, the soldiers and officers being too nearly on a level. Discipline and subordination add life and vigor to military move- ments. The person commanded yields but a reluctant obedience to those, who he conceives are undeservedly made his superiors. The degrees of rank are frequently transferred from civil life into the departments of the army.
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