Five things are requisite to a good officer — ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality.


Fruits of Solitude.... Eighth edition (ed. 1778)


Five things are requisite to a good officer — ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality.

Five things are requisite to a good officer — ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality.

Five things are requisite to a good officer — ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality.

Five things are requisite to a good officer — ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality.