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Show Temptation Forms Character. No man knows how good or how-bad how-bad he is until he is sorely tried. It is the fire that develops the beauty. The gun, the bridge, the ship these are all put to the test, not otherwise is it with man. Temptation lends strength to the soul that resists, and takes power from the soul that yields. Every time we gain a victory we add to the sum tctal of our manhood. Character comes by temptation, it is the secret of virtue. Temptation takes innocence and turns it into virtue. vir-tue. Virtue is innocence under fire. |