The Spur of Desire

Obviously it was not rest that you needed.
What you required was the impulse of some strong desire that shouldcarry you over the threshold of that first inertia into the wide fieldof reserve energy so rarely called upon and so rich in power.

Under the lashings of necessity, or the spur of love or ambition, menaccomplish feats of mental and physical endurance of which they wouldhave supposed themselves incapable. Here is what a certain lawyer saysof his early struggles:
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