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Such extremity of suffering cannot be measured: madness or death may give relief.
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It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.
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Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man.
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The responsibility of success or failure lay heavily upon me.
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I have not sought this enormous responsibility, but I will not shirk it.
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Courage, combined with energy and perseverance, will overcome difficulties apparently insurmountable.