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| 12 | 130 | "As appointed commander of the View more quotes about cavalry">cavalry I was willing, under unusual circumstances, hoping to advance the cause of the house of Temmu, to exercise my own judgment, to act on my own initiative, to act independently of the chain of command, but all that was while I held the post and rank of commander, which post and rank I no longer hold". |
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| 12 | 127 | "I am no longer commander," I said. |
| 12 | 128 | "Cry 'One-strap!'" he said, "and the cavalry will be aflight". |
| 12 | 129 | "I will not usurp an authority to which I am not entitled," I said. |
| 12 | 130 | "As appointed commander of the cavalry I was willing, under unusual circumstances, hoping to advance the cause of the house of Temmu, to exercise my own judgment, to act on my own initiative, to act independently of the chain of command, but all that was while I held the post and rank of commander, which post and rank I no longer hold". |
| 12 | 131 | "The men," he said, "will follow no other". |
| 12 | 132 | "Ela," I said. |
| 12 | 133 | "I have then failed as commander". |