From ‘The psychology of drill’,
The Spectator, 20 February 1915:
One is tempted to divide all men under drill into two classes — the precipitate and the tardy. Every one who has listened to a drill instructor’s words knows that the first part of a command is cautionary. For instance, in ‘Right-turn’ there is a pause between the two words, and the movement to the right takes place on the word ‘turn’. Some men cannot prevent themselves from moving at the word ‘right’. Others are late on the second word. Surely this tendency must correspond to some constitutional temperament or innate mental quality.
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