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Hence his moderation in prosperity, his fortitude in adversity, his dignity, his perfect self-dominance and, lastly, his lofty quietism which sounds the true heroic ring.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir