The novice in the military art flew from point to point, retarding his own preparations by the excess of his violent and somewhat distempered zeal; while the more practiced veteran made his arrangements with a deliberation that scorned every appearance of haste


The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 (ed. 1850)

James Fenimore Cooper Quotes

The novice in the military art flew from point to point, retarding his own preparations by the excess of his violent and somewhat distempered zeal;...

The novice in the military art flew from point to point, retarding his own preparations by the excess of his violent and somewhat distempered zeal;...

The novice in the military art flew from point to point, retarding his own preparations by the excess of his violent and somewhat distempered zeal;...

The novice in the military art flew from point to point, retarding his own preparations by the excess of his violent and somewhat distempered zeal;...