I quote: In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin.
Well, these soldiers, well, they're going to be in dangerous situations quite frequently, so you need people with, um, a...a lot of high spirit—uh, an emotional type of individual. Emotion is what characterizes this group.
But as high spirits and the love of fun were the causes of these pranks, he always managed to save himself by frank confession, honorable atonement, or the irresistible power of persuasion which he possessed in perfection.