The product was to be energetic, stoical, physically fit, possessed of certain unalterable beliefs, with high standards of rectitude, and convinced that it had an important mission in the world.
Each warrior sprang upon his feet at the utterance of the well-known appellation, and there was a short period during which the stoical constancy of the natives was completely conquered by surprise.
'This piece of quartz, supporting my feet, is on the very nose of the cliff, ' said Knight, breaking the silence after his rigid stoical meditation. 'Now what you are to do is this.
As for proving " impact" , Amoah, like many Windrush victims, was raised to be stoical, and he is disinclined to offload his feelings on to a GP, which makes it hard to prove how badly he has been affected.
Alluding to Churchill in his speech to Britain's Parliament, or to Martin Luther King when he was beamed into Congress, he displayed the same actorly feel for audience and mood as in his stoical messages to his compatriots.