All 3 Uses of
fortitude
in
1776, by McCullough
- Johnstone praised the people of New England for their courage and fortitude.†
p. 15.9 *fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
- I hope we shall be taught to copy his example and to prefer the love of liberty in this time of public danger to all the soft pleasures of domestic life and support ourselves with manly fortitude amidst all the dangers and hardships that attend a state of war.†
p. 44.1
- Once more we are collected and collecting....By perseverance and fortitude we have the prospect of a glorious issue.†
p. 263.1