Word: morale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...long as the Nazis were still there, exhorting them, promising them victory and restoration, most of them did not fully realize how complete their loss actually was. It is a material loss measurable in homes destroyed, industries bombed into ruins, fortunes burned up in incendiary bombs. It is a moral loss felt in the loss of national honor, independence and dignity. It is the loss of every foundation of their lives, and many Germans already and probably many more to come see only one way out: suicide...
...studio were genuinely moved by the rich orchestration. After the performance, the cantata's composer, gaunt, chestnut-haired Richard Arnell, tall (6 ft.), 27-year-old Briton in a grey flannel suit, coolly explained: "It goes beyond simple pacifism by only presenting the facts and offering no moral conclusions...
Salvemini added, "Juridical international law is inadequate and must be supplemented by a moral international law derived from statements in the peace treaty that starting war is one of the most heinous of crimes and whoever does so is guilty and liable to punishment...
What would normally be a tremendous moral victory for the prep schoolers is far from it now for Andover boasts one of New England's top teams. After tying the Blues, who had previously downed M.I.T., the Mikkolamen stand a good chance of coming out on top in tomorrow's encounter with Exeter...
...greater strain on men's nerves than ancient warfare did. It has introduced monotony, terrible noise, ever-present danger of shell or bomb out of the distant blue, long-continued lack of any rest period or of any moment free from fear. Lord Moran defines courage as "a moral quality . . . not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit; an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. . . . Some men were able...