First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
No age or condition is without its heroes . The least incapable general in a nation is its Cæsar, the least imbecile statesman its Solon , the least confused thinker its Socrates , the least commonplace poet its Shakespeare .
The notion that the colonel need be a better man than the private is as confused as the notion that the keystone need be stronger than the coping stone.