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“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire; and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gate of heaven. - quoted on page 567 of Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)” — Edwin Hubbell Chapin
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire; and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gate of heaven. - quoted on page 567 of Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)