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Though he deplores unnecessarily early deaths from heart disease and advises all precautions to prevent them, Dr. Steincrohn thinks heart disease is the ideal way to die. It should be "the grand climax of life, and it ought to occur near the conclusion of the last act-at about 80 or 90 years...
Suicidal morbidity, distraction through fatigue, uncontrollable confusion or duodenal ulcers are effects most likely to develop during pre-battle training. Extreme neuroses-blindness, insanity, paralysis-usually occur only in combat...
Declared President Ryti: "Decisive battles . . . may already be in progress. . . . The World War seems to be reaching its climax and surprises are likely to occur. . . . Civilized nations cannot sink so deep that they will not acknowledge every people's legitimate right to life and liberty. Therefore we may still look forward with confidence...
Steps toward Rescue. Continuous rowing uses up more energy than it is worth. When in a lifeboat "do not sing or shout. By doing so you use up your strength and lose valuable water in your breath." Mirages occur at sea as in the desert. "Men adrift in northern latitudes sometimes imagine they can see things which are not there, such as smoke, sails, ships or land. It does not mean that you are out of your mind or even lightheaded. Make very sure that all of you see the same object before wasting your strength in pulling toward...
...still do his best without bitterness is highly regarded in the Army as in civilian life. . . . [But] when the disappointment is much too severe for a man's strength to stand up under it, he may literally run away-go 'over the hill.' . . . More likely to occur is a sort of symbolic running away through feigned illness or physical defect...