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Silva, Ivo Rafael – Orgulho e Preconceito: a visão <strong>de</strong> um vitoriano acerca <strong>de</strong> Portugal e<strong>do</strong>sportugueses 129 – 148Paris to <strong>de</strong>ci<strong>de</strong> on this momentous question! The young queen and theempress themselves were not absent from the discussion. 16Num outro episódio, quan<strong>do</strong> confronta<strong>do</strong> com um motim entre as tropas,o coronel procura repor a or<strong>de</strong>m <strong>de</strong> uma forma que evi<strong>de</strong>ncia certos traços <strong>de</strong>personalida<strong>de</strong>. Convoca então um tribunal que con<strong>de</strong>na os solda<strong>do</strong>s à pena <strong>de</strong>trezentas varadas, e sobre este tipo <strong>de</strong> punição, Hodges reage <strong>de</strong> forma nomínimo curiosa. Primeiro, começa por con<strong>de</strong>nar a sua prática classifican<strong>do</strong>-acomo um meio <strong>de</strong>gradante <strong>de</strong> manter a disciplina:On this point I will aver, that there is no man who possesses the commonfeelings of our nature that can witness the <strong>de</strong>gradation of a human being,exposed with bare back, tied up to the halberds, in the gaze of a wholeregiment, without himself participating in the sentiment of <strong>de</strong>gradation, andturning from the odious sight in disgust. For my own part, I am notashamed to confess, that on the occasions of such military executions, atwhich my duty obliged me to attend, I have been so far overcome by thedistressful feelings produced by the resort to this punishment, that I have feltmyself compelled to quit the para<strong>de</strong>-ground; and I have known many of themost distinguished officers of the British service who have expressedthemselves to the same effect. 17Depois, apesar da repulsa que parece a priori provocar nos seus <strong>de</strong>cisores eexecutantes, tal prática não <strong>de</strong>ixou porém <strong>de</strong> ser levada a efeito. Até porque, esegun<strong>do</strong> o próprio Hodges, “have not hitherto been <strong>de</strong>vised any means which Iconsi<strong>de</strong>r altogether a<strong>de</strong>quate as a substitute for the present practice” 18 . Estaaparente contradição <strong>de</strong> alguém dividi<strong>do</strong> entre o ‘<strong>de</strong>ver’ e a ‘misericórdia’ <strong>de</strong>ve16 HOD G E S , G e org e Lloy d . Na rr ativ e o f th e E x pe ditio n to P o rtu g al , Vol. I , p. 29.17 HOD G E S , G e org e Lloy d . Na r rativ e o f th e E x pe ditio n to P o rtu g al , Vol. I , p p .143- 44.18 I bid. , p. 144.Polissema – Revista <strong>de</strong> Letras <strong>do</strong> ISCAP – Vol. 12 -2012144

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