Both Uses of
inertia
in
For Whom the Bell Tolls
- There is a great inertia about all military operations of any size.†
Chpt 42 *
- But once this inertia has been overcome and movement is under way they are almost as hard to arrest as to initiate.†
Chpt 42
Definition:
a tendency to continue in the same manner -- such as sit still and do nothing or continue moving in a particular direction