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MAZZINI'S specification for bayonets that they should have ideas at their points is now seldom referred to, but the value of this stipulation has been proved in many campaigns since those which led to the liberation of Italy. Under the conditions of totalitarian warfare, its importance indeed is enhanced, not merely for the armed forces but for also the whole population. Under the strain of intensified air warfare and the comparative inactivity to which the large forces at present in Great Britain are subjected, if morale is to be maintained, endurance fortified and fighting efficiency enhanced, we must see to it that the rank and file are afforded the fullest opportunity for recreation and mental stimulus, and that at the least they have a clear understanding of the cause in which they contend and the part they themselves have to play.
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Moral Issues of the War. Nature 146, 409–411 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146409a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/146409a0