The more physical the activity, the less the difficulties will be. The more the activity becomes intellectual… — Carl von Clausewitz
The more physical the activity, the less the difficulties will be. The more the activity becomes intellectual and turns into motives which exercise a determining influence on the commander's will, the more the difficulties will increase.
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