Though Darwin met hardship abroad, Wallace endured disaster.
He imbues in each man a paradox: swagger meets hardship.
We will pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship.
"We will pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship," he said.
As John F. Kennedy put it, Americans have long been willing to "bear any burden, meet any hardship" to keep the nation safe — within limits, of course.
It's hard to imagine President Obama, in his inaugural address, vowing to "pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty".
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
"The Negro" was more a public relations problem then anything else, a continuing and blatant riposte to the inaugural vow "to pay any price, meet any hardship … to assure … the survival of liberty".
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend or oppose any foe in order to assure the survival and success of liberty".
Not far away from where Obama walked is the grave of another young and inexperienced president who had exhorted his countrymen to "pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship" in the defense of freedom.
