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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We acquire the strength we have overcome. Without war, no soldier; without…

We acquire the strength we have overcome. Without war, no soldier; without enemies, no hero. The sun were insipid if the universe were not opaque.

In today’s wordsWe acquire the strength of what we've overcome. Without war, no soldier; without enemies, no hero. The sun would be dull if the universe weren't dark.

Ralph Waldo EmersonCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

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