Carolina QuotesTo expect … the same service from raw and undisciplined recruits, as from veteran soldiers, is to expect what never did and perhaps never will happen. Men, who are familiarized to danger, meet it without shrinking; whereas troops unused to service often apprehend danger where no danger is.
George Washington Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Letter to the President of Congress (9 February 1776)
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- letter
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- 1776
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