But some Bunyan, writing Pilgrim's Progress in a prison where it was so
damp that, as he cried, «The moss did verily grow upon mine eyebrows»; some Kernahan, born without arms and legs, but by sheer grit fighting his way up
until he sat in the House of Commons; some Henry M. Stanley, born in a workhouse and buried in Westminster Abbey; some Dante, his Beatrice dead, he himself an exile from the city of his love, distilling all his agony into a song that became the «voice of ten silent centuries», or some more obscure and humble life close at
hand where handicaps have been mastered, griefs have been built into character, disappointments have been turned into trellises, not left a bare, unsightly thing — such incarnations of fortitude and faith have infectious power.
In a large bowl, add sugar and zest and with your
hands, rub the zest into the sugar
until it becomes fragrant and has the texture of
damp sand.
Instead, to remove loose hair, moisten the palm of the
hands with water
until they are just
damp enough to be sticky, then run them over the rabbit's coat backwards.