Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 45 | 45 | In some manuals it is recommended that troops should fear their own officers more than the enemy. |
| 45 | 46 | I have never, personally, found this crude recommendation persuasive. |
| 45 | 47 | If something is to be feared more than the enemy, I think it should be that one might, in a moment of terror or self-betrayal, fail to do one's duty. |
| 45 | 48 | honor, of course, is involved in such matters. |
| 45 | 49 | The good officer, I think, should be such that, first, men would follow him gladly into a den of larls, and, second, one who, to the best of his ability, makes certain that he never, if it can be avoided, leads his men into a den of larls. |
| 45 | 50 | The mercenaries, obviously, given the nature of their last 'attack', did not fear decimation. |
| 45 | 51 | I suspect that their commanders, their paymasters, feared that the attempt to impose so terrifying a stringency on such troops, hireling troops, might have provoked a mutiny. |
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In some manuals it is recommended that troops should fear their own officers more than the enemy.
I have never, personally, found this crude recommendation persuasive.
If something is to be feared more than the enemy, I think it should be that one might, in a moment of terror or self-betrayal, fail to do one's duty.
honor, of course, is involved in such matters.
The good officer, I think, should be such that, first, men would follow him gladly into a den of larls, and, second, one who, to the best of his ability, makes certain that he never, if it can be avoided, leads his men into a den of larls.
The mercenaries, obviously, given the nature of their last 'attack', did not fear decimation.
I suspect that their commanders, their paymasters, feared that the attempt to impose so terrifying a stringency on such troops, hireling troops, might have provoked a mutiny.
- (Avengers of Gor, Chapter )