Courage, then, for the end draws near! A few more years of persistent, faithful work and the women of the United States will be recognized as the legal equals of men.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of perseverance and courage in the fight for gender equality.
Mary Livermore's quote serves as a rallying cry for women who are steadfast in their pursuit of equal rights. She acknowledges the challenges ahead but encourages continued effort and faith, asserting that with courage and dedication, gender equality can be achieved in the near future.
In practice
During a women's rights rally to inspire attendees.
My friends were dropping like flies, and the government wasn't doing anything. You don't watch an entire generation take water hoses and dogs on the front line during the '60s or watch another generation perish from AIDS and then get to drive around in big cars and do nothing.
Fear has its use, but cowardice has none. I may not put my finger into the jaws of a snake, but the very sight of the snake need not strike terror into me.
I think I would have drank myself to death, literally, if I didn't just stop, once and for all when I did. I am not ever going to preach to anyone about drugs or drinking. But, for me, when they were around, I had no self control.
No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere.
Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]
I think there's something peculiar about me that I haven't died. It doesn't make sense but I refuse to die.
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