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The Citizen-soldier (n.) arrived ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠when man got off his horse: in the Greek phalanx, a group Eros among men replaced the horseman's Eros of man and animal.

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The Citizen-soldier (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the courage most like the real thing, yet he faces danger for fear of the law's penalties and other men's reproaches, and for the honours he will win.