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Updated: May 7, 2025
There was in his nature a wonderful resiliency that never let his spirits drop beyond a certain point, and that always brought them back to highwater mark at the slightest encouragement. He had discovered the school library. It was to him a marvellous treasure trove. Any book could be taken home, one at a time, after being registered with the teacher acting as librarian for the day.
Manson, heavier than the breed by fifty pounds, was reputed one of the strongest men in the district, but he was matched with an adversary who had drawn into himself the endurance of the wilderness and the quick resiliency of the young spruce tree. Were it only a contest of sheer force, Manson had won outright.
"Well, then, I don't want to marry him," continued Sylvia. Harboro ignored her. "What do you say, Runyon?" "In view of her unwillingness, and the fact that she is already married " "Runyon!" The word was pronounced almost like a snarl. Runyon had adopted a facetious tone which had stirred Harboro's fury. Something of the resiliency of Runyon's being vanished at that tone in the other man's voice.
The left arm is held rigidly but not absolutely extended and locked at the elbow. A slight degree of flexion here makes for a good clearance of the string and adds resiliency to the shot. The arrow is released by drawing the right hand further backward at the same time the fingers slip off the string.
In general, the drastic cut in war programs has thrown the economy into lower gear; it has not thrown it out of gear. Our economic machine demonstrates remarkable resiliency, although there are many difficulties that must still be overcome.
But I, who had not his youthful resiliency, lay for long, awake and uneasy. I had hardly sunk into troubled slumber before dawn awakened me. As we breakfasted, I approached directly that matter which my growing liking for him was turning into strong desire. "Drake," I asked. "Where are you going?" "With you," he laughed. "I'm foot loose and fancy free.
If one may judge her character from the events of her subsequent career there was an outstanding resiliency and a resoluteness as main ingredients of her make-up, qualities which would go a long way to obviating any marks that might otherwise have been left on her by the ups and downs of a mere five years in the world.
The power of this influence was inversely proportional to the resiliency and tenacity as well as the general well-being of the individual. But not only is reference to the supernatural favoured by traditional cosmogony, but because of certain psychological features of the individual himself there is a tendency towards supernatural explanations of the introspective observations.
After all, it was no catastrophe, no thunderbolt of fate striking him a fatal blow. If, with growing clarity of vision, catastrophe ensued, then was time enough to shrink and cower. That resiliency which had kept him from going before under terrific stress stood him in good stead now.
When, for example, two atoms of hydrogen unite with one of oxygen, to form water the atoms are first drawn towards each other they move, they clash, and then by virtue of their resiliency, they recoil and quiver. To this quivering motion we give the name of heat.
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