Leo Tolstoy Quotes
The Activity Of A Commander-in-chief Does Not At All Resemble The Activity We Imagine To Ourselves When We Sit At Ease In Our Studies Examining Some Campaign On The Map, With A Certain Number Of Troops On This And That Side In A Certain Known Locality, And Begin Our Plans From Some Given Moment. A Commander-in-chief Is Never Dealing With The Beginning Of Any Event - The Position From Which We Always Contemplate It. The Commander-in-chief Is Always In The Midst Of A Series Of Shifting Events And So He Never Can At Any Moment Consider The Whole Import Of An Event That Is Occurring. Moment By Moment The Event Is Imperceptibly Shaping Itself, And At Every Moment Of This Continuous, Uninterrupted Shaping Of Events The Commander-in-chief Is In The Midst Of A Most Complex Play Of Intrigues, Worries, Contingencies, Authorities, Projects, Counsels, Threats, And Deceptions And Is Continually Obliged To Reply To Innumerable Questions Addressed To Him, Which Constantly Conflict With One Another.
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