# Which trait condemned in this passage do you also carry? Where does it show up?

_Theme: **shadow** - card 1/4 - 2026-05-01_

> Our strength grows out of our weakness. The indignation which arms itself with secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung and sorely assailed. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, _Essays - First Series_

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