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The salutary uses of adversity
Kurt Shillinger
The stories that follow are all, in their own ways, tales of action and reaction. A president’s taunt stirred a defense of principle from within his own party. A wave of deportations from one country is rousing demands to strengthen the rule of law in another. Cuts in federal supports are seeding stronger bonds of community among farmers. A genocide has shaped a life of selfless purpose. A war is deepening trust in the spiritual armor of prayer. “Sweet are the uses of adversity,” wrote the Bard, “which, like the toad ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.”
