A view of the formation, discipline and economy of armies; with an appendix, containing hints for medical arrangement in actual war / [Robert Jackson].

  • Robert Jackson
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1824
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Credit: A view of the formation, discipline and economy of armies; with an appendix, containing hints for medical arrangement in actual war / [Robert Jackson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    severance in effecting the execution of purpose. It exhibited a machine, in which every part was active and exerted to its utmost.— Kai 7roda nag' nodi dug, xut an’ uGntdog aOmd aqaiGag, Ev da Xocpov za Xoqxo, xwarjv xvvar], Kai ozaqvov Gzaqvio,nanaXi]fiavog uvdqi /aa^aOdw, H giyaog xomi]v, i]doqv fiuxqov d’ aXcov. Ufiatg d1 (o,yvfivi]zag vnd uGntdog aXXoQav uXXog JIzorGGovzag, fiayuloig GcpuXXaza yaq/audioig, AovqaGi ra §agzoiGiv uxovzi^ovzag ag uvzovg Toig navonXtoig nXi]Giov iGzufiavoi. Edit. Klotz. As Tyrtoeushas described the manner in which the Spartan soldier was expected to conduct himself in the actual conflict, so Thucydides informs us, in his description of the battle of Mantinea, in what manner the manoeuvre was conducted with a view to gain advantage at the onset. Some part of it is here transcribed for the satisfaction of the reader. Kai fiara iuvzu if1 gvvodog t]v. Aqyaioi fiav xai oi1 ^vfifiayoi avzovcog xut oqyt] ywqovvzag, Aaxadaifiovioi da 6qadacog, xai c'vno avXt]zcjv noXXcov voficj ayxaOaGrwrwy. ov zov Oatov yaqiv, aXX i'ya dfiuXwg fiara qvdfiov daivovzag nqoaXdaiav, xai far] dtaGnaGdaii] avzoig if' rafjtg. oanaq tpiXai za fiayaXa Gzqazonada ay zoig nqoGodoig noiav. Sfc. The force of the character of the Spartan nation, considered as the result of political institution, has perhaps no example in history. The conversation, which the banished Spartan Demaratus is stated to have had with the Persian monarch Xerxes, gives a stri- king instance of it: Demaratus himself was a living picture of it. “ Eq^Ofiui da Xagcov on naqi nuyzory zovgda zovg Xoyovg, aXXa naqi Xaxaduifioycoy fioycoy nquizu fiay, d'zi ovxaGzi dxcog y.oza Govg daf-ovzai Xoyovg dovXoGvyrjv qpaqoyrag zr\ EXXadt, avzig da dig uyzicodovzui zoi ag fiaytjy, xai >]y ot' aXXoi EXXijyag nuyzag za GacpqoyawGi, aqiOfiov da naqi, fir] nvdi] o'/Goi ziyag aoyzag zuvzu noiaaiy o'loi za aidi rjy za yuq zvyioGi a^aGiqazavfiayoi yiXioi, ovzoi fiu%t]6ovzai zoi, t]v za aXuGGovag zovzacoy i]v za xut nXavvag. Eyco da ovza daxa uydqagi vnid^ofiai o'tog za aivui fiuyaddut,ovza dvotGt, axcuv za aiyai ovd ay fiovvOfia%eotfii aida ayayna.it] att], i] fiayug rig 6 anozqvvojy uycoy, fiayoifirjy ay nuyzcoy ijdidza zyi zovzawy aydqoiv, oi EXXijywv ay.udzog qafii zqicov a^iog atvat. dig da, xai Xaxadaifioyiot, xaza fiay aya fia%ao]iavot, oudufiwy aidi xaxioyag avdqwv, aXXazg d' uqidzoi uvdqouv anayzo)'/. EXavOaqoi yaq bg nag, ov nayza aXavQaqoi aidi. anadzi yaq Gq>i dednozrjg, yofiog, zoy vnodaifiaiyovdi noX\ q azi fiaXXoy, rj o’idoi Ga. noizudi ycov za ay axaiyog avfoyi]. uyoiyai da zwvzo uiai, ovx ad v epavyaiy ovday nXi]0og ayOqconwy ax ftuyijg, aXXu fiayovzag av zrj raf-ai, amxqazaiy rj unoXXvdOat. Herod, lib. vii.