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The important discovery of this land of rest will nerve our arm for the great conflict of life.

From Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. by Young, Duncan McNeill

We may well imagine the bravery that will nerve men to fight thousands of feet above the earth.

From Aeroplanes by Zerbe, James Slough

“I will nerve myself for whatever it may be; but I cannot even guess.”

From Ned Garth Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade by Kingston, William Henry Giles

It will nerve its energies to stand its ground.

From Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. by Weaver, George Sumner

The memory that an oath or vow has been made will nerve one to abstinences and efforts otherwise impossible; witness the "pledge" in the history of the temperance movement.

From Memories and Studies by James, Henry