Note 68 — Chapter XVI · THE TRAINING OF THE CAVALRY OFFICER
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True nobility is seen in the reply of Von Moltke, who, asked why he was so economical, as far as his person was concerned, whilst generous to others, replied, that it was in the hope that the officers of the army might be persuaded to follow his example, for that he knew how many families grudged themselves all possible luxuries to keep their sons in their position of officers of the army. “The less a man requires the greater he is,” he added.