• Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion.

  William C. Bryant
  American poet, editor 1794-1878
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. foster-children
2. proportion
3. strength
4. athletic
5. rocks

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Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion. by : William C. Bryant

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