Literary notes about Adversities (AI summary)
In literature, "adversities" is deployed to underscore the trials and hardships that characters must endure, often serving as pivotal moments for growth and self-discovery. Authors portray these hardships as both personal and collective challenges—ranging from inner struggles to external calamities—that ultimately refine one's character or destiny ([1], [2]). The term is also imbued with spiritual and existential dimensions, suggesting that suffering, whether imposed by fate or divine will, can pave the way for deeper understanding and moral fortification ([3], [4]). Moreover, its usage extends to describing the historic or communal battles that shape nations and legacies, emphasizing that through confronting adversities, individuals and societies alike acquire resilience and the capacity for renewal ([5], [6], [7]).
- The greater were the adversities for which they were reserved, the more ought I to desire to suffer with them.
— from St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by William Godwin - His magnanimous spirit bore all crosses and adversities with the greatest Christian resignation and manly courage.
— from The Lyon in Mourning, Vol. 1 or a collection of speeches, letters, journals, etc. relative to the affairs of Prince Charles Edward Stuart by Robert Forbes - Although Thou exposest me to divers temptations and adversities, yet Thou orderest all this to my advantage; in which trial of me
— from Prayers of the Middle Ages: Light from a Thousand Years - None is fit for the understanding of heavenly things, unless he hath submitted himself to bearing adversities for Christ.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas - But the life and adversities of the great statesman were alike near their end.
— from A Manual of Ancient History by M. E. (Mary Elsie) Thalheimer - Forty years in the wilderness, meeting adversities together, fighting enemies, marching as one host, made them a nation.
— from Outline Studies in the Old Testament for Bible Teachers by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut - It is by trials only, by the agonies of sorrow and the sharp discipline of adversities, that men and Nations attain initiation.
— from Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
