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then not to be afraid of the shame, but fearlessly to confess our fault,—this is moral courage. Not to be ashamed to be honest, not to be ashamed to appear as that, and only that, which we really are,—this is moral courage. Not to be ashamed of comparative poverty, comparative weakness, comparative ignorance; not to be ashamed, in general, of our inferiority to others; but under all circumstances to do our best, simply, candidly, honestly, without regard to the favour of man, and with regard only to duty and God,—this is moral courage. To bear, with calm unruffled spirit, pain, disappointment, and bereavement, braving the worst and hoping the best, seeing the sun behind the cloud,—this is moral courage. It is written in the recently published life of a Punjab officer, Reynell Taylor, that he was 'a hero absolutely fearless, not only in battle and bodily exposure, but in
