It is an impossibility, however, to make them understand that when a man is a soldier, in European fashion, he is no more a man, but a machine . "
They are brave enough when it comes to fighting ; that is, when this is done in their own way ; and rather than give way an inch they will die like valiant warriors.  It is an impossibility, however, to make them understand that when a man is a soldier, in European fashion, he is no more a man, but a machine . "  Why not have machines altogether ? "