CHAPTER XVII 



GENERAL LESSONS OF THE CAMPAIGN 



Just as a pack of hounds requires a whip and a 

 whipper-in, and as troops marching in an enemy's 

 country require an advanced- and a rear-guard (and, 

 by the way, flank-guards too), so are writings of this 

 description the better for an introduction (which 

 Chapter I. must do duty for), and a winding-up, or 

 conclusion, which it is now proposed to give in this 

 seventeenth chapter. 



Repetition is detestable, but it is sometimes 

 permissible for the sake of emphasis ; just as a 

 preacher in the pulpit repeats his text for the 

 purpose of keeping the attention of his congregation 

 fixed on the subject. Should we now repeat, either 

 directly or indirectly, what has already been said, it 

 will be for one of these reasons. 



Looking back over the run that is now nearly 

 finished, the first thing that strikes us (as is often the 

 case after a run), is how much better we might have 

 ridden (i.e. written) it, and how very much better 

 we might have got over the fences (z. e. brought out 

 the various points and questions raised) ; we cannot, 

 however, ride the same line again, and we can only 



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