Surrendering does not depend upon the disposition of the individual enemy soldier to say yes or no to the war as a whole.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

As to the present state of he country, one perceives that it is not fair to draw any inference against its ancient fertility: the disasters through which it has passed, the government to which it is subject, the disposition of the inhabitants, explain sufficiently the wild and uncultivated appearance of the land, where, nevertheless, fertile and cultivated districts are still found, according to the testimony of travellers; among others, of Shaw, Maundrel, La Rocque, &c.—G. The Abbe Guenee, in his Lettres de quelques Juifs a Mons.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

he exclaims; an' datin' from said catastrophy he'd no more tech nosepaint, that a-way, than he'd join the church.' "'But it's doubtful,' observes Tutt, 'if Enright stands to let us shoot this yere Monte drunkard's hand off.' "'It's ten to one he won't,' says Texas; 'still thar ought to be other schemes for shockin' a party into moral'ty, which stops short o' cripplin' him for life.' "'But is this yere inebriate worth the worry?' asks Boggs. '
— from Faro Nell and Her Friends: Wolfville Stories by Alfred Henry Lewis