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Sword and Spirit “Napoleon said that in war the moral factor was three times as important as material equipment, that all history consisted of a conflict between the sword and the spirit, and that in the end the spirit always won,” said Mr P. J. Noel-Baker, M.P.. speaking in the House of Commons. “Napoleon proved by his victories, and still more by his defeats, that he was right. It has been proved again in modem times. When Napoleon said that, he was not moralising; he was stating a military fact of supreme importance, Our moral power is a vital factor in the will power which will bring us victory in the end. When we say ‘will-power’ we mean opinion—conscious, organised, articulate opinion founded upon truth. It is, in fact, the opinion in Britain, in neutral countries and in Germany upon which the force, the duration and the outcome of the war will inevitably depend.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21220, 17 September 1940, Page 4
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158TOPICS OF THE DAY Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21220, 17 September 1940, Page 4
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