The borderer, rude, suspicious, and impatient of discipline, looks with distrust and with a mixture of sneering envy and of hostility upon the officer; while the latter, with his rigid training and his fixed ideals, feels little sympathy for the other's good points, and is contemptuously aware of his numerous failings.
This quote illustrates the mutual distrust and contempt between frontiersmen and army officers, emphasizing their contrasting lifestyles and values.
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