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CIIAITKR XXXVI. 

 TxiE Genkral-in-Chibf of Cavalut . . . , 



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Good general of cavalry rarely found — Peculiar combination of talent 

 rc(iuired — fnijietuoHity required as well as caution — Capacity to dis- 

 cover the dcHigns of tlie enemy a great requisite in a cavalry general 

 — General Shelby — Long peace training injurious — Destroys tho 

 inventive reasoning faculty — Instances in Crimean War — Kinglakc's 

 views on this point — Effort of Prussians to remedy this evil — 

 Interesting convcrsatioTi of Socrates — The inventive faculty the 

 distinguishing characteristic of all great generals — As, for institnce, 

 Alexander — Hannibal — Henry the Fowler— Tiie Black Prince — Gus- 

 tavus Adolphus — Turenne — Frederick — Napoleon — No great com- 

 mander in liistory who was a blind follower of precedent — All great 

 generals reformers. 



