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The heart that feels not now is dead; the blood of his
children will curse his cowardice, 1
who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved
the whole, and made them 2
happy. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather
strength from distress, and 3
grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink;
but he whose heart is 4
firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his
principles unto death. 5
What inference can you make from contrasting the ideas in the first
five lines of this passage?