Nicholas Rodger Quotes:
Life: b. November 12, 1949
Birthday: November 12
The impossibility of keeping Englishmen sober ashore was a constant source of complaint, It was the great weakness of 16th century English infantrymen, whose performance when sober was admired even by the Spaniards. Already it was true, as it was to be for centuries, that many saw and despised the drunken sailor ashore, but few knew and admired him at his work afloat.
topic: Sailor, Saws, Weakness, Infantryman
