Search : stillborn, elements, art, revolution, courage, homœopathy.

Date:
1866
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Search : stillborn, elements, art, revolution, courage, homœopathy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COURAGE. “Go elsewhere, sons—your prey escapes the snare; Yours but the food which flesh to flesh supplies, Here not the mortal but the soul defies.” King Arthur, by Sir E. Bulv;er Lytirm. By courage is commonly, but erroneously, under- stood that buoyancy of disposition, or stolidity of nerve, which blunts the sense of danger. This species of valour may naturally be more common to men than women; but it is more doubtful whether real heroism, emanating from a patient and resolved mind, is possessed by one sex more than by the other. There is an old rhyme which contains much homely truth: — “ When a man’s a little bit poorly, Makes a fuss, wants a nurse, Thinks he’s going to die for surely, Sends for a doctor—who makes him worse.” What men have showed greater courage than those women of ancient Germany, whose chas- tity was so conspicuous, and who consequently