They were ready to obey their generals because they were compelled to obey their fathers; they centered the world in manhood because as children they were bred in homes where the tradition of passionate valour was steadied by the habit of implacable order.
This passage explains how obedience to authority figures in childhood translates to military obedience in adulthood.
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