With the growth of his militant egoism, there had developed in Godwin Peak an excess of nervous sensibility which threatened to deprive his character of the initiative rightly belonging to it. Self-assertion is the practical complement of self-esteem. To be largely endowed with the latter quality, yet constrained by a coward delicacy to repress it, is to suffer martyrdom at the pleasure of every robust assailant, and in the end be driven to the refuge of a moody solitude.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	July 21, 2016
ISBN13	9781535408011
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	444
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 23 mm · 589 g
Language	English

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