Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.
“Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.”
“I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.”