Danger which first teaches us to know our resources, our virtues, our shield and sword, our genius, – which compels us to be strong…[Die Gefahr, die uns unsre Hülfsmittel, unsre Tugenden, unsre Wehr und Waffen, unsern Geist erst kennen lehrt, – die uns zwingt, stark zu sein…]

Source:(Dover Publications, ed. 2004), Roving Expeditions of an Inopportune Philosopher, Section 38, Page 60
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