The way he met all the reverses increased his nerve power steadily and consistently.
These two men are fair examples of two extremes.

The first one did not know how to meet life.

If he had had the opportunity to learn he might have done as well as the other.

The second had worked and studied to help himself out of nerves, and had found the true secret of doing it.
Some men, however, and, I regret to say, more women, have the weakening habit so strong upon them that they are unwilling to learn how to get well, even when they have the opportunity.

It seems so strange to see people suffer intensely--and be unwilling to face and follow the only way that will lead them out of their torture.
The trouble is we want our own way and nervous health, too, and with those who have once broken down nervously the only chance of permanent health is through learning to drop the strain of resistance when things do not go their way.