Now，supposesix-feet-twoconqueror，andfive-feet-eightbeaten；
wouldSayershavebeenawhitthelessgallantandmeritorious?IfSanchohadbeenallowedREALLYtoreigninBarataria，Imakenodoubtthat，withhisgoodsenseandkindnessofheart，hewouldhavedevisedsomemeansofrewardingthebravevanquished，aswellasthebravevictorsintheBaratarianarmy，andthatachampionwhohadfoughtagoodfightwouldhavebeenaknightofKingDonSancho\'sorders，whatevertheupshotofthecombathadbeen。SupposeWellingtonoverwhelmedontheplateauofMontSt。John；supposeWashingtonattackedandbeatenatValleyForge——andeithersuppositionisquiteeasy——andwhatbecomesoftheheroes?Theywouldhavebeenasbrave，honest，heroic，wise；buttheirglory，wherewouldithavebeen?Shouldwehavehadtheirportraitshanginginourchambers?havebeenfamiliarwiththeirhistories?
haveponderedovertheirletters，commonlives，anddailysayings?
Thereisnotonlymerit，butluckwhichgoestomakingaherooutofagentleman。Mind，pleaseyou，Iamnotsayingthattheheroisafterallnotsoveryheroic；andhavenottheleastdesiretogrudgehimhismeritbecauseofhisgoodfortune。
HaveyouanyideawhitherthisRoundaboutEssayonsomelategreatvictoriesistending?DoyousupposethatbythosewordsImeanTrenton，Brandywine，Salamanca，Vittoria，andsoforth?ByagreatvictoryIcan\'tmeanthataffairatFarnham，foritwasadrawnfight。Where，then，arethevictories，pray，andwhenarewecomingtothem?