Private Judgement

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    A private should preserve a respectful attitude toward his superiors, and should seldom or never proceed so far as to offer suggestions to his general in the field. If the battle is not being conducted to suit him, it is better for him to resign. By the etiquette of war, it is permitted to none below the rank of newspaper correspondent to dictate to the general in the field.
    Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    They have whetted their teeth against the stones,
    And now they pick the Bishop’s bones;
    They gnawed the flesh from every limb,
    For they were sent to do judgement on him!
    Robert Southey (1774–1843)