WELLINGTON NEVER WORRIED.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue VI, 6 August 1898, Page 179

WELLINGTON NEVER WORRIED.

At. Salamanaca, having given a.n order that he knew would take some time to execute, Wellington lay down and slept, having instructed his attendant to watch the execution of the movement with a glass and waken him when it was finished. Once, when in a tighter place than he had ever l>een in before —being obliged to execute a movement with weak divisions in presence of an immeasurably superior force —he was apparently so unconcerned that the Spanish General, Alava, who was near him, said, ‘You seem quite at your ease., sir. Why, it is enough to put any man in a fever.’ To which Wellington replied, T have done the best, according to my judgment, that can Im- done, and, therefore, I can- not what the. result may be.’ And this was the secret of the constant perfection of his powers—his physical strength, his mental vigour, his alertness of body and mind generally. He lived absolutely without worry.