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Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.

In plain words

Being brave is what you pay to feel calm afterwards.

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How sure this is
75% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
What turned up
Purdue University's official archival catalog (George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers) holds a 1928 broadside of the poem 'Courage,' with metadata stating it first appeared in 'Who is Amelia Earhart?' by Marion Perkins, Survey Graphic magazine, July 1928, p.60.
Occasion
1928
Sources checked
  • futilitycloset.comChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 20 August 2026reproduces the poem with context
  • earchives.lib.purdue.eduChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 20 August 2026Purdue Libraries archival metadata record confirming the poem's 1928 broadside, authorship, and original Survey Graphic (July 1928, p.60) publication.

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