4. That his work consists largely of teaching others.
5. That many of the attributes which are most desirable, can be tested by no written examination.
6. That to recognize and do his duty is one of these. As regards this, much depends on his surroundings in the regiment which he joins.
7. That a cavalry officer as he gets up to three to seven years’ service, though he requires little book learning, requires fairly wide practical knowledge, also considerable powers of imagination; without these, his abilities for training his men and for leading them in war are likely to be defective.
8. Also that the main point which he must regard in all his training is not only, “Is this a situation in which my command may find itself in war?” but also, “Is there any situation in war in which my command is not practised?”
CHAPTER XVII
THE TRAINING OF THE CAVALRY OFFICER (continued)
... “ignorance is the curse of God,
Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.”
Shakespeare.