How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
[Our] military ability, at this time, arises from the experience gained in the last war, and which in forty or fifty years time, would have been totally extinct. (A.10)
At this moment in history (1776), America has a lot of citizens who are still experienced from the last war that affected America. If they wait too long, though, these veterans will get too old to use their knowledge to help America defeat Britain.