What more vital question suggests itself to struggling man than this: How do we treat our difficulties? It stands foremost in importance, and the answer we give to it largely shapes our destiny.
Difficulties and conflicts, if wisely met, serve to develop our capacities. If we receive their harm only, better that we should never encounter them; but if we receive the blessing from conquering them, we are better prepared for future encounters.
Man can never learn his possibilities, except through difficulties and conflicts. When Napoleon was about to cross the Alps with the French army, he only inquired of his chief officer if it was possible. Receiving the answer, "Sire, it is possible," the order to cross was given. The earnest wrestler will never surrender to opposition, so long as victory is possible, and he is conscious of right motives.
