DIFFICULTY
Illustration★★★★“The battle of life is in most cases
fought up hill,” declared Edmund Burke,
“and to win it without a struggle were
perhaps to win it without honor. If there
were no difficulties, there would be no
success; if there were nothing to struggle
for, there would be nothing to be
achieved. Difficulties may intimidate the
weak, but they act only as a wholesome
stimulus to men of resolution and valor.
All experience of life, indeed, serves to
prove that the impediments thrown in
the way of human advancement may, for
the most part, be overcome by steady
good conduct, honest zeal, activity, perseverance, and, above all, by a deter-
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The point
Difficulties are not obstacles but stimuli to growth for those with resolution and character; they prove our mettle.