affliction, n.Definitions

Affliction is sacred. The afflicted man is sacred.

Affliction is enamor’d of thy parts, And thou art wedded to calamity.

Affliction , like the iron-smith, shapes and it smites.

Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humanity, calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.

Affliction is a school of virtue : it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.

Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed.

Affliction is the good man’s shining scene; prosperity conceals his brightest rays; as night to stars, woe lnstre gives to man.

Affliction is a sort of moral gymnasium in which the disciples of Christ are trained to robust exercise, hardy exertion, and severe conflict.