第35章 克服困难 1（第1页）

第35章克服困难（1）

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奥里森·马登OrisonMarden

“rofessionourswouldbeifthereweres！”saidohocedtopassagallows。“Tut，youblockhead，”repliedtheibbetsarethemakingofus；for，ifthereweres，everyonewouldbeahighwayman。”Justsowitheveryart，trade，orpursuit；itisthedifficultiesthatsdkeepoutunworthypetitors。

&yisasevereinstructor，”saysEdmuoverusbyonewhokhanwedoourselves，asHelovesusbettertoo。Hethatwrestleswithusstrengthensournervesandsharpensourskill。onistisourhelper。Thisflictwithdifficultymakesusatedwithourobjepelsustosideritinallitsrelations。Itwillobesuperficial。”

Strongcharacters，likethepalmtree，seemtothrivebestwhenmostabused。Meoodupbravelyumisfortuneforyearsareofteobearprosperity。Theirgoodfortuhespringouty，asthetorridzoesracesaedtoavigorousclimate。Somepeoplehemselvesuntilbaffled，rebuffed，thwarted，defeated，theopiniohem。Trialsuues；defeatisthethresholdoftheirvictory。

“Tomakehiswayatthebar，”saida，“ayoungmanmustlivelikeahermitsandworklikeahorse。Thereisnothingthatdoesayounglawyersomuchgoodastobehalfstarved。”

&hevictorsofouroppoheyhavedevelopedinustheverypoeover。

Withouttheiroppositionweeverhavebradfortifiedourselves，astheoakisbrachoredforitsthousahetempests。Ourtrials，oursorrows，andriefsdevelopusinasimilar>

&woaetree，asnearlyalikeaspossible；plantoneonahillbyitself，aherinthede，andwatchthemgrow。Theoakstandingalooeverystorm。Itsrootsreaeverydire，gtherodpiergdeepih。Everyrootletleeadythegrowinggiant，asifinantioffierflictwiththeelemesupwardgrowthseemscheckedforyears，butallthewhileithasbeesenergyinpushingarootacreroafirmerashootsproudlyaloftagaiodefythehurrie。Thegaleswhichsportsorudelywithitswidebrandmorethalyservestillfurthertotougheestfiberfrompithtobark。

Theatedishootsupaweak，slendersapling。Shieldedbyitsneighbors，itfeelsnoneeditsrootsfarandwideforsupport。