Read, sweet, how others strove, Till we are stouter; What they renounced, Till we are less afraid; How many times they bore The faithful witness, Till we are helped, As if a kingdom cared!
亲爱的,读一读别人怎样奋斗,直到我们更坚强;读一读他们舍弃了什么,直到我们不再那么害怕;读一读他们多少次忠贞作证,直到我们得到扶持,仿佛有一个国度在关怀!
— Emily Dickinson · The Book of Martyrs · Poems (early collected edition) —