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A MEDITATION

“ The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

— Seneca

On Providence 2.9

On adversity

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A reflection

Comfort is not a spectacle. What riveting attention is the sight of a good person squaring up to something much harder than they are — and meeting it. Those are the stories that outlive the subjects.

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