MAXIM LXIX.

There is but one honorable mode of becoming prisoner of war. That

is, by being taken separately; by which is meant, by being cut off

entirely, and when we can no longer make use of our arms. In this case,

there can be no conditions, for honor can impose none. We yield to an

irresistible necessity.

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