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Fortitude See also Bravery. Fratricide (See MURDER.) Asia despite torture, refuses to deny Moses. [Islam: Walsh Classical, 35] fulfills wifely and queenly duties despite losses. [Br. Lit.: The Broken Heart] martyred without flinching. [Am. Lit.: New England Tragedies, Walsh Modern, 106] representation in painting of cardinal virtue. [Art: Hall, 127] personification of intrepidity. [Animal Symbolism: Hall, 193] proving ground of American mettle. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 519] |
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| Altho' I cannot agree with you in supposing that I shall never again be exposed to Misfortunes as unmerited as those I have already experienced, yet to avoid the imputation of Obstinacy or ill-nature, I will gratify the curiosity of your daughter; and may the fortitude with which I have suffered the many afflictions of my past Life, prove to her a useful lesson for the support of those which may befall her in her own. "I knew your fortitude would give out after a while," said the American Statesman, delighted; "your agony attests my political power. Yet, for all his hardy sobriety and fortitude, there were certain qualities in him which at times affected, and in some cases seemed well nigh to overbalance all the rest. |
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