WINTER ' FOURTEEN
Ernest Shackleton
“I had a dream when i was 22 that someday i would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till i came to one of
the poles of the earth”
demoralizing
to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of:
The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
to throw (a person) into disorder or confusion; bewilder:
We were so demoralized by that one wrong turn that we were lost for hours.
to corrupt or undermine the morals of.
Cause (someone) to lose confidence or hope:
the General Strike had demoralized the trade unions
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The way you defeat an army, is by demoralizing the individual soldiers in it, or getting them to desert or retreat.
I object, not to the paperwork that demoralises teachers, but to the undermining of them as caring and knowledgeable
professionals that it represents.
Now, the national side, which once ruled the football world with a haughty confidence, is completely demoralized and
there's less than a year to prepare for the great campaign on home ground.
The Linnet's Wings