The Royal Military Chronicle, Or British Officers Monthly Register and Mentor, for May, 1813 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Royal Military Chronicle, Or British Officers Monthly Register and Mentor, for May, 1813 (Classic Reprint) written by J. Davis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Royal Military Chronicle, or British Officers Monthly Register and Mentor, for May, 1813 Gsul Btl-zs owes his birth to a country, which has certainly contributed its due share both to the defence and glory of Europe, of which he is a member. His father was an Irish Gentleman we believe s Dublin merchant, at a time when Dublin had a trade as well as a Custom House. The family is very respectable, though not rich. Its best wealth perhaps is the reputation with which the acts of the son have gilded the modest worth of the paternal hearth. General Dilkes, we believe, was born about the year 1765. As his family is settled in Ireland, he probably received his education, such as it is, in Dublin. We say such as it is, as there is in fact a very wide difference, between the mode and practice of the education in Eng-p, land and Ireland. It is the custom of the latter country, we know no! From what cause, to introduce their youth earlier in life; and in order to qualify them for making a due figure, and for acting with some de corum and suficiency, it is deemed necessary both to commence their education earlier, and to force them as it were in a hot-bed, to cer tain premature acquisitions. In four out of ten, therefore, of our Irish Ofiicers, this characteristic will be observed; that they possess a good knowledge of arithmetic, and some acquaintance with their French, and perhaps their Latin Grammar, and here they stop; the early vice of their education follows them through life. They never add a particle to their knowledge from fifteen to fifty. It would bevery unjust to extend this remark to the many excellent officers now in our army but experience proves that it is the case with too many of them, and the most probable way of remedying it is to expose that insufficient mode of education which is the cause of it. I have seen, and am in the daily habit of seeing, many fine understandings which have been spoiled by it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.