“Providence has clearly ordained that the only path fit and salutary for man on earth is the path of persevering fortitude — the unremitting struggle of deliberate self-preparation and humble but active reliance on Divine aid.”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 253.

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