Where is your ancient courage? You were used to say extremities was th…

William Shakespeare
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Where is your ancient courage? You were used to say extremities was the trier of spirits; That common chances common men could bear; That when the sea was calm all boats alike showed mastership in floating. ✨ William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1809). The plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, p.123
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