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Title: The Book of Courage

Author: John Thomson Faris

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Language: English

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THE BOOK OF COURAGE

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_THE SUNRISE INSPIRATIONAL BOOKS_

THE FIRST VOLUME

THE BOOK OF COURAGE

By JOHN T. FARIS

Volumes on other subjects in preparation for this series

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_OTHER BOOKS_

By JOHN T. FARIS

SEEING PENNSYLVANIA

Frontispiece in color, 113 illustrations and 2 maps

THE ROMANCE OF OLD
PHILADELPHIA

Frontispiece in color and 101 illustrations

OLD ROADS OUT OF
PHILADELPHIA

117 illustrations and a map

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By JOHN T. FARIS
and THEODOOR DEBOOY

THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS AND THE
BRITISH ISLANDS

97 illustrations and five maps

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THE BOOK OF COURAGE

by

JOHN T. FARIS

Author of
"The Victory Life," "Making Good," "Old Roads Out of
Philadelphia," "Seeing Pennsylvania," Etc.

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Philadelphia & London
J. B. Lippincott Company
1920

Copyright, 1920, by J. B. Lippincott Company

Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company
At the Washington Square Press
Philadelphia, U. S. A.

_FOREWORD_

A TEACHER has told of the greatest moment of discouragement that ever
came to her. At cost of great labor she had fitted up a room for the use
of children, placing pictures on the walls, plants in the windows,
goldfish on the table, and a canary in a cage. But the night before the
day when she planned to welcome the children to the room there was a
cold snap, and the janitor let the fire go out. In the morning she
looked on broken radiators, frozen goldfish, drooping plants, and what
she feared was a dead bird. In