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32. The principle on which to manage an army is to set up one

standard of courage which all must reach.

[Literally, "level the courage [of all] as though [it were that

of] one." If the ideal army is to form a single organic whole,

then it follows that the resolution and spirit of its component

parts must be of the same quality, or at any rate must not fall

below a certain standard. Wellington's seemingly ungrateful

description of his army at Waterloo as "the worst he had ever

commanded" meant no more than that it was deficient in this

important particular-unity of spirit and courage. Had he not

foreseen the Belgian defections and carefully kept those troops

in the background, he would almost certainly have lost the day.]

33. How to make the best of both strong and weak-that is a

question involving the proper use of ground.