Lonsdale Battalion quotes
In the Oxford dictionary the definition of quote is:
A verb - Repeat or copy out (words from a text or speech written or spoken by another person).
Quotations can be used for a variety of different reasons. Depending on context, quoting someone else's written or spoken words can be used directly to:
- "illuminate the meaning or to support the arguments of the work in which it is being quoted, to provide direct information about the work being quoted (whether in order to discuss it, positively or negatively), to pay homage to the original work or author, to make the user of the quotation seem well-read, and/or to comply with copyright law. Quotations are also commonly printed as a means of inspiration and to invoke philosophical thoughts from the reader."[1]
Using the above as a model, we could use Lonsdale Battalion quotes for any of the above. In fact we have used many quotes directly in transcripts of original documents to provide direct information about an event or series of actions. But for the purpose of this site and their uses here, we simply want the following quotes to pay homage to the individual authors; to provide the reader with a direct link to the past through the words of those who once uttered them.
I have to act drill-sergeant and buck and bark vociferously to get up a high standard….Men take the talking well. It is much better than punishing….Far better make a man than break him.