Pravidelné jednotky, pěchota i jezdectvo, nedokáží bojovat v rozvinutém tvaru. Rus, který vždycky jen napodobuje, udělá na rozkaz nebo z přinucení cokoli; neudělá však nic, má-li jednat na vlastní odpovědnost.
The Russian, imitator as he is in everything, will do anything if ordered or compelled, but will do nothing if he has to act upon his own responsibility; in fact, this term can hardly be applied to a being who never knew what responsibility was, and who will go to be shot at with the same passive obedience as if he were ordered to pump water, or to whip a comrade.