I’ve seen too many intellectual flyweights and moral midgets assume the reins of command in my long career, and through their draconian attitudes, fake the whole thing passably enough. You see, I’ve always believed in a still slightly autistic adulthood that virtue, and not swagger and a strutting attitude, yields the best rewards.

When I finally picked up this book, nearly 60 years later, I was as unfit as ever to read it - for a different reason. Looks? A blank on that score too - I was a bit overweight and ungainly.īut lady luck has doggedly plodded close behind me all my long life!Īnd besides - when I was a kid I was much more intent on doing what the other kids liked to do: have fun and joke around.

Later, though, I would be plunged into the thick of it as Head Boy of our new high school. Shy, standoffish, and predisposed to dumb clumsiness, I obviously needed the role model of a misfit like I was, who would bloom under the rigours of his first command.īut being slightly autistic I was averse to authoritarian posturing.

I’m sure she saw in me a little Midshipman Hornblower. It does not store any personal data.When I was growing up, my Mom, who doubled as the village librarian, URGED me to read this book. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Necessary'. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Functional'. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Analytics'. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.

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