I am less affected by their heroism who stood up for half an hour in the front line at buena vista ， than by the steady and cheerful valor of the men who inhabit the snowplow for their winter quarters ； who have not merely the three - o ' - clock - in - the - morning courage ， which bonaparte thought was the rarest ， but whose courage does not go to rest so early ， who go to sleep only when the storm sleeps or the sinews of their iron steed are frozen 在布埃纳维斯塔的火线上，能站立半小时的英雄，我倒不觉得怎样，我还是比较佩服那些在铲雪机里过冬，坚定而又愉快的人们；他们不但具有连拿破仑也认为最难得的早上三点钟的作战勇气，他们不但到这样的时刻了都还不休息，而且还要在暴风雪睡着了之后他们才去睡，要在他们的铁马的筋骨都冻僵了之后他们才躺下。
