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and unmarried men, who could not be expected 

 to fight with the same ardour as those who had 

 to provide for the safety of their families ; and 

 these unsettled men might perhaps follow him 

 who gave the highest wages. 



The soldier of South America ought to be a 

 being of far different stamp from the professed 

 soldier of Europe. Any war which it might be 

 necessary for Brazil to wage against a foreign 

 invader should (indeed must) be carried on with 

 a direct view to the peculiar advantages of the 

 country ; it would be a guerilla war, a war un- 

 der the cover of woods and hills. Therefore, 

 although it may be as well to have a few disci- 

 plined soldiers who may be preserved, for the 

 purpose of forming the basis of a large force, if 

 circumstances should require it, still it is not by 

 discipline that success will be ensured ; it is 

 through the affection which the soldiers feel for 

 their government and for their country, that the 

 result will be propitious, or the contrary. But 

 the limited population will not allow of con- 

 siderable numbers of men (comparatively speak- 

 ing) being cooped up uselessly in forts, without 

 being of any service to the state, whilst the lands 

 are covered with woods, and indeed whilst every 

 branch of industry is requiring additional hands. 

 Besides, if you train a large force to military 

 service, who by being so taught become superior 

 to their countrymen, and yet form it of the 



