The master speaks on: beginnings 

The web of intelligence in warfare, the interconnected ideas of conflict from gun-writers to evolutionary psychologists. The realms of science and history, from the simplest prokaryote that first converted methane into oxygen all the way up to the endless depths of the human brain. The essence of true understanding of survival on all levels is the endeavor of the scholarly warrior. It requires unquenchable thirst for knowledge, the duffer cannot understand and has no desire to; he will always be mediocre. For the few who settle for nothing, who drive themselves to the next level, who learn from mistakes. This is one of the greats; Cooper, one of the last true adventurers.