Douglas fully realised the truth of Roosevelt’s statement, “All we have to fear is fear
itself.” How did this realisation help him brush aside his fear and become an expert swimmer?
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Douglas quotes President Roosevelt's saying "All we have to fear is fear itself". Douglas has experienced both sensation of dying and terror that fear of it can produce. The strong will, hard determination,courage, toil and honest effort win over all our terror and fear. The will to live brushes aside all our fears. In reality all our tears and fears are psychological and the same can be overcome.
This made him overcome the fear of swimming and hence he became a great swimmer.
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Roosevelt said, ”All we have to fear is fear itself’.’ Douglas had experienced both the sensation of dying and the terror that fear of it can produce. Strong will, hard determination, courage and toil as well as honest labor win over all our terrors and fears. The will to live brushes aside all our fears.
This realization made him resolve to leam swimming by engaging an instructor. This instructor, piece by piece, built Douglas into a swimmer. Then, he went to Lake Wentworth, dived at Triggs Island and swam two miles across the lakes to Stamp Act Island. Finally he had conquered his fear of water.