He expressed the hope that in his new post the General would find relief from the anxieties of "the perimeter" and perhaps find time to emulate his distinguished ancestor by writing a true narrative of local events, Finally he quoted the following lines from Dr. Tobias Smollett's first work, "The Regicide" as appropriate to this occasion:
"Not to th' ensanguined field of death alone Is valour limited; she; sits serene In the deliberate council—sagely scans The source of action; weights, prevents, provides, And scorns to count her glories from the seats Of brutal force alone."
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