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The Strength of Resisted Temptation

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 2, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 9.

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The Strength of Resisted Temptation

By Ralph Waldo Emerson

EVERY evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. As the Sandwich islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills, passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist.—Emerson.