Wednesday 24 February 2010

Learned as an officer



…for one thing I’ve learned as an officer is never to give an order unless there’s a good chance of its being obeyed.



Flashman in the Great Game, pp.142-3, Pan edition, 4th printing, 1979.




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2 comments:

Dean said...

Very true I think.

2 March 2010 at 23:53
Speedicut said...

Dean,

Thanks for the many kind comments (and the links to your Flashman book site) but I believe I now have sufficient to last me through the sometimes unpredictable Australian autumn.

Cheers

Speed

3 March 2010 at 14:15

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