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In time of peril, like the needle to the loadstone, obedience, irrespective of rank, generally flies to him who is best fitted to command.

Herman Melville
Obedience, Peril, Command
Herman Melville (1850). “White-jacket: or, The world in a man-of-war”, p.114
In time of peril, like the needle to the loadstone, obedience, irrespective of rank, generally flies to him who is best fitted to command.