Courage (Annotated)

Courage is J. M. Barrie's eloquent rectorial address, a compact work of moral reflection rather than fiction, shaped by the cadences of public oratory and the imaginative delicacy familiar from his plays and stories. Written in the aftermath of the First World War, it meditates on bravery not as martial display alone but as daily endurance, intellectual honesty, and loyalty to one's better self. I...