This quality of hobbits, I think, is the reflection of what Tolkien saw in English soldiers during the First World War: how they could go on when all hope seemed lost, particularly the moments in the trenches, before going out to the battle-field. I imagine it quite similar to what is shown in the film 'Gallipolli' (which is also about one of the battles of WWI).
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But it is said that not until that hour had such cold thoughts ruled Finrod; for indeed she whom he had loved was Amarië of the Vanyar, and she went not with him into exile.
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