Chief Justice John C. Marshall may have made this quotation with reference to the peroid of time in America to which he lived. He won respect by all whom he touched; the refined and coarse alike. I am also a vet, a navy corpsman, from an era of combat which most Americans abhore. I do not care in the least what others think of my service, I only care about those that I have served with.We fought for each other and nothing else. I wonder how we compare to those rough men of the Revolution and just after. Fairly well I think.