25 distinction of officer and private is broadly drawn, where the private soldier is little more than a machine in the hands of his commander, the effect may even be the other way.
I.I THE ENGLISH CONQUEST.  25 distinction of officer and private is broadly drawn, where the private soldier is little more than a machine in the hands of his commander, the effect may even be the other way.  But in an earlier state of things, where victory depends on the individual prowess of each man, nothing can be more levelling than warfare.