Both Uses
persistence
in
Going After Cacciato
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- So watching Paul Berlin's dogged climb, its steadiness and persistence, the lieutenant felt great admiration for the boy, admiration and love combined.†
Chpt 25 *
- He admired the oxen persistence with which the last soldier in the column of thirty-nine marched, thinking that the boy represented so much good—fortitude, discipline, loyalty, self-control, courage, toughness.†
Chpt 25
Definitions:
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(1)
(persistence) continuing or repeating behavior -- especially in spite of difficulties
or:
continuing or prolonged existence of something - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)