Courage to Face Difficulties
A. B. Davidson, D. D. Esther 4:15-17 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,… There are two kinds of courage — the mere animal courage, which results from well-strung nerves, and is exerted by impulse rather than by reflection; and the moral courage, which, on a calm calculation of difficulties, and of the path of duty, will face the difficulties and prosecute the path of duty at any hazard, even at the risk of life itself. It will often be found that men are deficient in the latter of these qualities, while they are remarkable for the former. (A. B. Davidson, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, WEB: Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai,