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Nearly All Men Can Stand Adversity

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“ Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” - Abraham Lincoln I completely agree 100% with this quote because when you are faced with adversity you can do nothing but fight an uphill battle. But when you have power in your hands you have to really think about how your actions will affect people whether for better or worse. I grew up as the younger sibling, my brother three years my elder. With a gap like that in age he was always a little stronger and a little faster and made it almost impossible to win anything. So through childhood he always had the upper hand….. until

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