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" The officers of the army should recollect that it is not only no degradation, but that it is meritorious, in him who is in the wrong to acknowledge and atone for his error, and that the momentary humiliation which every man may feel upon making such an... "
The General Orders of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington ... in Portugal ... - Page 125
by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1837 - 592 pages
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Annual Register, Volume 86

Edmund Burke - History - 1845 - 864 pages
...1810, that Sir Henry Hardinge inserts the following extract of his Grace's sentiments on this point: " The officers of the army should recollect that it is not only no degradation, but that it is meritorious, in him who is in the wrong to acknowledge and atone for his error, and that...
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United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Part 2

Military art and science - 1844 - 660 pages
...the Army should recollect that it is not only no degradation, but that it is meritorious in him who is in the wrong to acknowledge and atone for his error, and that the momentary humiliation which every man may feel upon making such an acknowledgment, is more than atoned for by the subsequent satisfaction...
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The duties of judge advocates

Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1845 - 246 pages
...that Sir Henry Hardinge inserts the following extract of his Grace's sentiments on this point :— ' The Officers of the Army should recollect that it is not only no degradation, but that it is meritorious in him who is in the wrong to acknowledge and atone for his error, and that...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of ..., Volume 86

Books - 1845 - 866 pages
...1810, that Sir Henry Hardinge inserts the following extract of his Grace's sentiments on this point: " The officers of the army should recollect that it is not only no degradation, but that it is meritorious, in him who is in the wrong to acknowledge and atone for his error, and that...
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Annual Register, Volume 86

Edmund Burke - History - 1845 - 868 pages
...1810, that Sir Henry Hardinge inserts the following extract of his Grace's sentiments on this point : " The officers of the army should recollect that it is not only no degradation, but that it is meritorious, in him who is in the wrong to acknowledge and atone for his error, and that...
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Report

Association for the discouragement of duelling - 1850 - 56 pages
...of a court-martial, thus expressed his sentiments in reference to the practice of duelling : — " ' The officers of the army should recollect that it is not only no degradation, but that it is meritorious in him who is in the wrong, to acknowledge and atone for his error, and that...
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Selections from the Dispatches and General Orders of Field Marshall the Duke ...

Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1851 - 1026 pages
...notwithstanding the repeated offers made to him by his commanding officer to receive such explanation. The officers of the army should recollect that it...feel, upon making such an acknowledgment, is more than atoned for by the subsequent satisfaction which it oiTorde him, and hy avoiding a trial aiid conviction...
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The Young Officer's Companion; Or, Essays on Military Duties and Qualities

William Lennox Lascelles Fitzgerald De Ros (23d baron) - Military art and science - 1851 - 594 pages
...to a court-martial in 1810, upon an officer who had used insubordinate expressions to his Colonel. " The officers of the army should recollect that it is not only no degradation, but that it is meritorious in him who is in the wrong, to acknowledge and atone for his error ; and that...
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Selections from the Dispatches and General Orders of Field Marshall the Duke ...

Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Gran Bretanya - 1851 - 994 pages
...notwithstanding tlie repeated offers made to him by his commanding officer to receive such explanation. The officers of the army should recollect that it is not only no degradation, hut it is meritorious for him that is in the wrong to acknowledge and atone for his error ; and that...
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The patriot warrior: an historical sketch of the life of the duke of ...

Mary Atkinson Maurice - 1853 - 322 pages
...had been able, through the study of the Scriptures, to overcome it. To his soldiers he wrote : — " The officers of the army should recollect that it...humiliation which any man may feel upon making such acknowledgment, is more than atoned for by the subsequent satisfaction which it affords him."* We have...
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