Of the millions, there is not one trained band, not a captain.
The mercenaries of the Herods I do not count, for they are kept to crush us.

The condition is as the Roman would have it; his policy has fruited well for his tyranny; but the time of change is at hand, when the shepherd shall put on armor, and take to spear and sword, and the feeding flocks be turned to fighting lions.
Some one, my son, must have place next the King at his right hand.
Who shall it be if not he who does this work well ?" Ben-Hur's face flushed at the prospect, though he said, "I see; but speak plainly.

A deed to be done is one thing; how to do it is another." Simonides sipped the wine Esther brought him, and replied, "The sheik, and thou, my master, shall be principals, each with a part.

I will remain here, carrying on as now, and watchful that the spring go not dry.

Thou shalt betake thee to Jerusalem, and thence to the wilderness, and begin numbering the fighting-men of Israel, and telling them into tens and hundreds, and choosing captains and training them, and in secret places hoarding arms, for which I shall keep thee supplied.