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Samuel Johnson - On adversity
Identifier
013525
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".
A description of the experience
Samuel Johnson
No man can form a just estimate of his own powers by inactive speculation. That fortitude which has encountered no dangers, that prudence which has surmounted no difficulties, that integrity which has been attacked by no temptations can at best be considered but as gold not yet brought to the test, of which, therefore the true value cannot be assigned