We are taught you must blame your father your sisters your brothers the school the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
As for me prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
You do have to change things as warfare changes.
Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature and the error is ineradicable.