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Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar ‧ 1894
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The passage defines courage through a person's response to fear rather than through fear's absence. Resistance and mastery make bravery sound active, something exercised in the presence of difficulty. The distinction allows fear and courage to exist together within the same experience.
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