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Quotation from On War by Carl von Clausewitz
“How many trifling illnesses by that means become serious, how many serious ones become mortal”
On War, Book V, Ch. 12, Marches (continued), trans. J. J. Graham (1873), rev. F. N. Maude (1908)
Clausewitz contrasts a soldier falling sick in quarters with one collapsing in mud on the march, far from medical help.
Citation: "How many trifling illnesses by that means become serious, how many serious ones become mortal" — Carl von Clausewitz, On War, Book V, Ch. 12, Marches (continued), trans. J. J. Graham (1873), rev. F. N. Maude (1908). (id on-war-q11)
Portrait: Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), Wilhelm Wach, Public domain.
