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Literary notes about Perseverance (AI summary)

Literary works use the term "perseverance" to evoke the steadfast determination required to surmount obstacles and achieve greatness. It is often portrayed as the essential complement to talent or natural ability—for instance, overcoming fate through dogged persistence is highlighted in descriptions of epic endeavors ([1], [2]) and the pursuit of personal growth and knowledge is depicted as attainable only through consistent effort ([3], [4]). Moreover, writers employ the word to illustrate how unyielding resolve transforms challenges into triumphs, suggesting that both physical and moral victories depend on unremitting perseverance ([5], [6], [7]). Whether in tales of heroic acts or in the depiction of everyday struggles, the term consistently embodies the idea that sustained action, even in the face of adversity, is the key to success ([8], [9]).
  1. But fortune, and the perseverance of Aurelian, overcame every obstacle.
    — from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
  2. He set out from Parætonium, although the south winds were blowing, and succeeded in his undertaking by vigour and perseverance.
    — from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) by Strabo
  3. I know that the education of this child will be the distinguishing event of my life, if I have the brains and perseverance to accomplish it.
    — from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
  4. But for Miss Sullivan's genius, untiring perseverance and devotion, I could not have progressed as far as I have toward natural speech.
    — from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
  5. Talent is desirable, but perseverance is more so.
    — from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
  6. Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance and depends upon "knowing how long it takes to succeed.
    — from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
  7. A man with an iron will, with a determination that nothing shall check his career, is sure, if he has perseverance and grit, to succeed.
    — from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
  8. We know that she had much quiet perseverance in her opinion.
    — from Middlemarch by George Eliot
  9. So, with great perseverance and untiring industry, he prospered.
    — from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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