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"Rheumatism has been the refuge if the old soldier throughout the ages."

Gosh, this book is like a breath of fresh air! Nobody dares to write like this anymore. Look at this summing-up of Moncey: "He was an honest, slow, prudent, cautious soldier, very reliable and very stupid."

It's poetry!

Macdonell is applying Lord Acton's dictum with maximum panache: "judge talent at its best and character at its worst".