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The mere fact that [Tommy Atkins] saw himself as a hero, and not as the rough he was, enlisted, more probably, through hunger, and disciplined by fear, tended to make him behave like a hero, as he did on the Ridge of Delhi and in the fog at Inkermann.
![The mere fact that [Tommy Atkins] saw himself as a hero, and not as the rough he was, enlisted, more probably, through hunger, and disciplined by fear, tended to make him behave like a hero, as he did on the Ridge of Delhi and in the fog at Inkermann. - Esme Cecil Wingfield-Stratford](https://www.azquotes.com/picture-quotes/quote-the-mere-fact-that-tommy-atkins-saw-himself-as-a-hero-and-not-as-the-rough-he-was-enlisted-esme-cecil-wingfield-stratford-58-9-0964.jpg "The mere fact that [Tommy Atkins] saw himself as a hero, and not as the rough he was, enlisted, more probably, through hunger, and disciplined by fear, tended to make him behave like a hero, as he did on the Ridge of Delhi and in the fog at Inkermann. - Esme Cecil Wingfield-Stratford")
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