1The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyrannical treatment.
2On the contrary, such treatment is far more likely to destroy than to make an army.
3It is possible to impart instruction and to give commands in such a manner and such a tone of voice to inspire in the soldier no feeling but an intense desire to obey,
4while the opposite manner and tone of voice cannot fail to excite strong resentment and a desire to disobey.
5The one mode or the other of dealing with subordinates springs from a corresponding spirit in the breast of the commander.
6He who feels the respect which is due to others cannot fail to inspire in them regard for himself,
7while he who feels, and hence manifests, disrespect toward others, especially his inferiors, cannot fail to inspire hatred against himself.
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