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Life is in a sense a battle. The man who thinks to get on by mere smartness and by idling meets failure at last. Perseverance is the master impulse of the firmest souls and holds the key to those treasure-houses of knowledge from which the world has drawn its wealth both of wisdom and of moral worth.
Great men never wait for opportunities but make them. They seize upon whatever is at hand, work out their problem and master the situation. The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out the stuff that has been given to him. This is success and there is no other
One of the important lessons of life is to learn how to get victory out defeat. It takes courage and stamina, when mortified by humiliating disaster, to week in the ruins the elements of future conquest. Yet this measures the difference between those who succeed and those who fail. We cannot measure a man by his failures. We must know what use he makes use of them. The man who has not fought his way upward and who does not bear the scar of desperate conflict does not know the highest meaning of success.
—Anonymous, “Perseverance”
What rhetorical device is employed in the sentence, “Life is in a sense a battle”?
Metaphor is employed. Life is metaphorically described as a battle.
（此句是说“在某种意义上，生活就是一场战争”。运用暗喻的修辞手法，将“生活”比作“战争”。）
Please summarize the author’s definition of success in a complete sentence
Success is making the most possible out the given stuff.
（文章第二段提到“The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out the stuff that has been given to him. This is success and there is no other.”。由此可知，成功就是让手中所有的一切发挥最大 效用。）
According to the passage, why can’t we measure a man by his failures?
Because one’s failures for one time do not mean he is a failure forever. We must know what use he makes use of them. The man who fight his way upward and bear the scar of desperate conflict will succeed in the end.
（文章题为“Perseverance”，其主要目的是为了告诫人们只有那些像勾践卧薪尝胆一样，不畏惧失败， 有着坚持不懈的毅力的人，最后才能获得成功。）