39/41 Here is hope, ardour, sympathy, and resolution, enough and to spare. The first question is,--How are these kindled, and what are they all about? Nor can they last, if, like an empty stomach, they prey only upon themselves. They must have some solid content, and the great thing needful is to discern this. It is quite true that to suffer, or even to die, will often seem _dulce et decorum_ to a man; but it will only seem so when the end he dies or suffers for is, in his estimation, a worthy one. |