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It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.

James Russell Lowell
Men, Presence Of Mind, Emergencies
Carl Schurz, James Russell Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson (2005). “Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Speech A”, Cosimo, Inc.
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.