Discouragement is one of the greatest of human enemies. It is an unmitigated curse. It has done more to dwarf the efforts of the race, has thwarted more careers, stunted and starved more lives, ruined more creative power than any other one agent. It is a disease that is well-nigh universal in some form. Everybody suffers more or less from it, is the victim of its poison. It bombards us from within and without.