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180. From whence, then, Cicero and Panætius, or even Aristotle, got these ideas is perfectly clear. For though living before these two, Job had said: “I delivered the poor out of the hand of the strong, and I aided the fatherless for whom there was no helper. Let the blessing of him that was ready to perish come upon me.” Job xxix. 12, 13. Was not he most brave in that he bore so nobly the attacks of the devil, and overcame him with the powers of his mind? Cf. Job i. 12, w. i. 22, and Job ii. 6, w. ii. 10. Nor have we cause to doubt the fortitude of him to whom the Lord said: “Gird up thy loins like a man. Put on loftiness and power. Humble every one that doeth wrong.” Job xl. 2, 5, 6 [LXX.]. The Apostle also says: “Ye have a strong consolation.” Heb. vi. 18. He, then, is brave who finds consolation in any grief.

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