I have known a man who is as brave as a lion in battle, but is terrified by a rat.

I have known a man brave in other respects lose his nerve altogether in a thunderstorm.

In neither of these cases was it the man's own fault; it was constitutional, and by no effort could he conquer it.

I consider Bathurst to be an exceptionally noble character.

I am sure that he is capable of acts of great bravery in some directions, but it is possible that he is, like the man I have spoken of, constitutionally weak in others." "But the great thing is to be brave in battle, Doctor! You would not call a man a coward simply because he was afraid of a rat, but you would call a man a coward who was afraid in battle.