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Only enthusiasm and confidence can at such moments induce the soldiers to do ‘the impossible’--and it is the impossible that continually must be accomplished to secure success.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Kropotkin asserts that enthusiasm and confidence are crucial for soldiers to achieve extraordinary feats in battle.
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