Their experience as soldiers, so far from unfitting them for the duties and callings of Peace, seem rather to have proved an admirable school, and to have given them habits of promptness and punctuality, order and neatness, which added largely to their efficiency in whatever field they were called to labor.
Blaine highlights how military service positively influenced the work ethic and efficiency of soldiers in civilian life.
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