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Of course the chance may come at any time when the man of West Point or Annapolis who will have stayed in the Army or Navy finds a great war on, and therefore has the opportunity to rise high. OF COURSE THE CHANCE MAY COME AT ANY TIME WHEN THE MAN OF WEST POINT OR ANNAPOLIS WHO WILL HAVE STAYED IN THE ARMY OR NAVY FINDS A GREAT WAR ON AND THEREFORE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RISE HIGH
 share the common lot. Though you will have to work in different ways from those in which I worked, you will not have to work any harder, nor to face periods of more discouragement. I trust in your ability, and especially your character, and I am confident you will win. In the Army and the Navy the chance for a man to show great ability and rise above his fellows does not occur on the average more than once in a generation. When I was down at Santiago it was melancholy for me to see how fossilized and lacking in ambition, and generally useless, were most of the men of my age and over, who had served their lives in the Army. The Navy for the last few years has been better, but for twenty years after the Civil War there was less chance in the Navy than in the Army to practise, and do, work of real consequence. I have actually known lieutenants in both the Army and the Navy who were grandfathers--men who had seen their children married before they themselves attained the grade of captain. YING THAT YOU WILL SHARE THE COMMON LOT THOUGH YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK IN DIFFERENT WAYS FROM THOSE IN WHICH I WORKED YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO WORK ANY HARDER NOR TO FACE PERIODS OF MORE DISCOURAGEMENT I TRUST IN YOUR ABILITY AND ESPECIALLY YOUR CHARACTER AND I AM CONFIDENT YOU WILL WIN IN THE ARMY AND THE NAVY THE CHANCE FOR A MAN TO SHOW GREAT ABILITY AND RISE ABOVE HIS FELLOWS DOES NOT OCCUR ON THE AVERAGE MORE THAN ONCE IN A GENERATION WHEN I WAS DOWN AT SANTIAGO IT WAS MELANCHOLY FOR ME TO SEE HOW FOSSILIZED AND LACKING IN AMBITION AND GENERALLY USELESS WERE MOST OF THE MEN OF MY AGE AND OVER WHO HAD SERVED THEIR LIVES IN THE ARMY THE NAVY FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS HAD BEEN BETTER BUT FOR TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR THERE WAS LESS CHANCE IN THE NAVY THAN IN THE ARMY TO PRACTISE AND DO WORK OF REAL CONSEQUENCE I HAVE ACTUALLY KNOWN LIEUTENANTS IN BOTH THE ARMY AND THE NAVY WHO WERE GRANDFATHERS MEN WHO HAD SEEN THEIR CHILDREN MARRIED BEFORE THEY THEMSELVES ATTAINED THE GRADE OF CAPTAIN
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