It is related that an eminent scientist, with his wife and
brother, were sailing one moonlight evening on Lake Geneva.
It became necessary to climb the mast to adjust a rope, when
the boat capsized, and in a moment all three were struggling
in the water. The lady, who was an extremely cultivated woman,
coolly called to her companions, “I will not take hold of you,
but come to me and let me put my hands upon your shoulders.”
Which they did, and she was buoyed up for half an hour until all
were saved. It was her mastery of herself that made it possible
for them to rescue her.--JAMES T. WHITE, “Character
Lessons.”
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=Self-mastery Gradual=--See ENDEAVOR, CONSTANT.