Uses Of Adversity
Every state of life has lts own hardships- the private and peacoful existence of advanced civilination as well as the lifo of the soldier or the pioneer. They difler in kind, the former having fargreatervariety and coraplexity, and I the latter more eertainty and deiiniteness; but both maybe eqnally expected and preparad tor. Indeed, the peace ful citizen needs more, not Ies8, of such preparation than does the warrior or the explorer, because he knoWs not from what quarter, or in wliat form, his hardshlps may come. He needs to gird himself with strength and courage to meet adversity under any of its numerous sliapes. Instead of this effort, however, the general strugle seems to be to avoid these hardsliips at all hazards. The same effort to escape from trouble and peril, that would be cloemed cowardly and coatemptible in the soldier is thought quite justiflable in the private citizen. While the one is rightly ex[ pected to do his duty irrespective of results, and to accept without repining whatever incidental hardships fall to his share, tho other feels at liberty so to plan his future as to leave out, as much as possible, every thing hard or unpleasant. Children are often trained to expect only an unbroken series of enjoyments, and to feel defrauded and astonisbed when any thing interferes. Thus thcy grow np quite unable to bear thfi inevitable burdens of lifo or to cope witli its ills. All power comes by exereise, and the power of enduranceü no exception. To learn to endure bravely, to bear patiently, to suffer, if need be, heroicaliy, is one of the most important parts of ayouth's education. If he miss learaing if, he enters life uuequipped for some of its most pressing ueccssities. - .
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