“1.) “The idea that cavalry will be replaced by these iron coaches is absurd. It is little short of treasonous.”
This reminds me of the Polish cavalry bravely going up against Hiter’s tanks where they must have taken that notion seriously.
Why the Polish never modernized is way beyond me.
To extend the military theme:
“They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.”
- - Gen. John Sedgwick, just before being fatally struck by three Confederate bullets during the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, May 1964