第35章克服困难（1）
&ofObstacles
奥里森·马登OrisonMarden
“rofessionourswouldbeifthereweres！”saidohocedtopassagallows。“Tut，youblockhead，”repliedtheibbetsarethemakingofus；for，ifthereweres，everyonewouldbeahighwayman。”Justsowitheveryart，trade，orpursuit；itisthedifficultiesthatsdkeepoutunworthypetitors。
&yisasevereinstructor，”saysEdmuoverusbyonewhokhanwedoourselves，asHelovesusbettertoo。Hethatwrestleswithusstrengthensournervesandsharpensourskill。onistisourhelper。Thisflictwithdifficultymakesusatedwithourobjepelsustosideritinallitsrelations。Itwillobesuperficial。”
Strongcharacters，likethepalmtree，seemtothrivebestwhenmostabused。Meoodupbravelyumisfortuneforyearsareofteobearprosperity。Theirgoodfortuhespringouty，asthetorridzoesracesaedtoavigorousclimate。Somepeoplehemselvesuntilbaffled，rebuffed，thwarted，defeated，theopiniohem。Trialsuues；defeatisthethresholdoftheirvictory。
“Tomakehiswayatthebar，”saida，“ayoungmanmustlivelikeahermitsandworklikeahorse。Thereisnothingthatdoesayounglawyersomuchgoodastobehalfstarved。”
&hevictorsofouroppoheyhavedevelopedinustheverypoeover。
Withouttheiroppositionweeverhavebradfortifiedourselves，astheoakisbrachoredforitsthousahetempests。Ourtrials，oursorrows，andriefsdevelopusinasimilar>
&woaetree，asnearlyalikeaspossible；plantoneonahillbyitself，aherinthede，andwatchthemgrow。Theoakstandingalooeverystorm。Itsrootsreaeverydire，gtherodpiergdeepih。Everyrootletleeadythegrowinggiant，asifinantioffierflictwiththeelemesupwardgrowthseemscheckedforyears，butallthewhileithasbeesenergyinpushingarootacreroafirmerashootsproudlyaloftagaiodefythehurrie。Thegaleswhichsportsorudelywithitswidebrandmorethalyservestillfurthertotougheestfiberfrompithtobark。
Theatedishootsupaweak，slendersapling。Shieldedbyitsneighbors，itfeelsnoneeditsrootsfarandwideforsupport。