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Then, you see that strength, power, and courage are things which are

very peculiar. We generally say, " A courageous man, a brave man, a

daring man " , but we must bear in mind that that courage or bravery or

any other trait does not always characterize the man. The same man

who would rush to the mouth of a cannon shrinks from the knife of the

surgeon; and another man who never dares to face a gun will calmly

bear a severe surgical operation, if need be. Now, in judging others

you must always define your terms of courage or greatness. The man

whom I am criticizing as not good may be wonderfully so in some

points in which I am not.