I am not afraid, ” she said; which seemed quite presumptuous enough.“ You are not afraid of suffering?”“ Yes, I am afraid of suffering. But I am not afraid of ghosts. And I think people suffer too easily, ” she added.“ I don’t believe you do, ” said Ralph, looking at her with his hands in his pockets.“ I don’t think that’s a fault, ” she answered. “It is not absolutely necessary to suffer; we were not made for that.”“ You were not, certainly.”“ I am not speaking of myself.” And she turned away a little.“ No, it isn’t a fault, ” said her cousin. “It’s a merit to be strong.”“ Only, if you don’t suffer, they call you hard, ” Isabel remarked. They passed out of the smaller drawing-room, into which they had returned from the gallery, and paused in the hall, at the foot of the staircase. Here Ralph presented his companion with her bed-room candle, which he had taken from a niche. “Never mind what they call you, ” he said. “When you do suffer, they call you an idiot. The great point is to be as happy as possible. . Henry James
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  2. We must stand together if we don't there will be no victory for any one of us.
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  4. I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.
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