Fortitude is the strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or adversity with courage. John Ostlund, a Swedish Immigrant to Minnesota in 1902, exemplifies fortitude. He was born in 1883, in the province of J?mtland, Sweden. His father was a log scaler and his mother a farmer's daughter. John relied on fortitude from an early age. He lost his mother to tuberculosis when he had just turned ten years old and had three...
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