In one or two cases, conformably to the old Greek saying, office showed the man; showed that mere cleverness, apart from judgment and discretion is only too possible, and that good intention only makes failure and incapacity in carrying the intention out, so much the more mortifying.
Morley reflects on the importance of judgment and discretion in leadership, cautioning against mere cleverness.
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This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.
The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.
But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.
Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?
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