In fact, if one is not built to be easily dispirited, well, it is not easy to dispirit one.
"The Man From the Clouds"
J. Storer Clouston
He seems even to have cherished the hope that a victory over Wellington would dispirit the British Government, unseat the Ministry, and install in power the peace-loving Whigs.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
On the 2d of April Napoleon communicated the events of Paris to the Generals who were about him, recommending them to conceal the news lest it should dispirit the troops, upon whom he yet relied.
"Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, v12"
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne