My lord, I have heard that your father was a military man. Was that the case?

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.

Though I have been trained as a soldier, and participated in many battles, there never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent t…

There is nothing more I should do to it now, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go than at this moment.