..., • .1' •. •••-.:. •.'':• i •• . •'. • J ECONOMY— SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. 225 extremity of human misery : such crowding, such filth,...those who have got over fear, which is so general a a weakness." SCOTT. " But is not courage mechanical, and to be acquired ? " JOHNSON. " Why, yes, Sir,...

...the crew of a man-of-war ! As Dr. Johnson observed, " When you look down from the quarter-deck to the space below, you see the utmost extremity of human misery ; such crowding, such filth, such stench !"* Incited by the enthusi* Boswell (Croker's Ed.) vol. vii. p. 102. astic Trotter, the medical officers...

...the quarter deck to the space below, you see the utmost extremity of human misery ; such crouding, such filth, such stench'!' BOSWELL. 'Yet sailors are...danger. Mankind reverence those who have got over fear3, which is so general a weakness.' SCOTT. ' But is not courage mechanical, and to be acquired?'...

...space below, you see the utmost extremity of human misery ; such crouding, such filth, such stench2!' BOSWELL. 'Yet sailors are happy.' JOHNSON. ' They...danger. Mankind reverence those who have got over fear3, which is so general a weakness.' SCOTT. ' But is not courage mechanical, and to be acquired?'...

...space below, you see the utmost extremity of human misery ; such crouding, such filth, such stench2!' BOSWELL. 'Yet sailors are happy.' JOHNSON. 'They are...danger. Mankind reverence those •who have got over fear3, which is so general a weakness.' SCOTT. ' But is not courage mechanical, and to be acquired?'...

...from the quarter-deck to the space below, you see the utmost extremity of human misery: such crouding, such filth, such stench !" BOSWELL. " Yet sailors...have got over fear, which is so general a weakness." SCOTT. "But is not courage mechanical, and to be acquired ?" JOHNSON. " Why yes, Sir, in a collective...

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...is universal : yet it is strange. As to the sailor, when you look down from the quarter-deck to the e that knowledge which I shall attain, to thy glory and my own salvation, for Jesus Christ's sake. ! " BUSWELL : " Yet sailors are happy." JOHNSON : "They are happy as brutes are happy, with a piece...

...and dethrone the Czar," a man would be ashamed to follow Socrates. Sir, the impression is universal. Sir, the profession of soldiers and sailors has the...have got over fear, which is so general a weakness. The great doctor was right. Courage is at the root of all worth. The late Edward Fitzgerald, a literary...

...and dethrone the Czar," a man would be ashamed to follow Socrates. Sir, the impression is universal. Sir, the profession of soldiers and sailors has the dignity of danger. Mankind reverence those whohave got over fear, which is so general a weakness. The great doctor was right. Courage is at the...