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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Cavalry General by Xenophon: for the "herald," see "Anab." III. iv. 36.
[12] Reading {pros to dia p.}, or if {pros to} . . . transl. "with a
view to."
[13] Lit. pempadarchs, i.e. No. 6 in the file. See "Cyrop." II. i. 22
foll., iii. 21.
[14] Lit. "so that each officer may pass the word to as few as
possible."
[15] Cf. "Anab." IV. vi. 6.
When an advanced guard is needed, I say for myself I highly approve of
secret pickets and outposts, if only because in supplying a guard to
protect your friends you are contriving an ambuscade to catch the
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