13 SEPTEMBER 1913, Page 17

"MORAL" AND "MORALE."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." J Si,—The mistake in the Quarterly Review article is the, printing of "morale" in italics, and thus making apparently a blunder in the French language. But otherwise there would' have been no need for criticism, as the English equivalent of the French word "moral" is " morale." Murray's Dictionary gives the following definition of the English word "morale," viz., moral condition; conduct ; behaviour; especially with regard to confidence, hope, zeal, submission to discipline, as in the case of troops. Tyndall is quoted : "The morale in my case had a physical basis." The Times also: "The morale of the troops is excellent."—I am, Sir, &c., The Athenaeum. GERALD HARPER.