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What bore him up was the dauntless spirit which could rise victorious over pain and darkness and the unknown and meet the duty of the hour as if all were well.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Lodge describes Roosevelt's indomitable spirit in the face of adversity, highlighting his resilience and duty.
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He fought to free the colonies from England, and make them independent, not to play the part of a Cæsar or a Cromwell in the wreck and confusion of civil war.
Which is the noble character for after ages to admire,--yon fribble dancing in lace and spangles, or yonder hero who sheathes his sword after a life of spotless honor, a purity unreproached, a courage indomitable, and a consummate victory?
He never by any chance bored the American people.
The other idea which had grown in his mind during the weary siege was that the Tories were thoroughly dangerous and deserved scant mercy.