NEVER TOLERATE TYRANNY!....Conservative voices from the GRASSROOTS.

DEFINE " M E T T L E " with 1 picture (worth 1,000 words)

QUALITIES OF A HEROIC CHAMPION:

COURAGE, METTLE, SPIRIT, RESOLUTION, TENACITY

mean mental or moral strength to resist opposition, danger, or hardship.

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COURAGE implies firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty. the courage to support unpopular causes

METTLE suggests an ingrained capacity for meeting strain or difficulty with fortitude and resilience. a challenge that will test your mettle

SPIRIT also suggests a quality of temperament enabling one to hold one's own or keep up one's morale when opposed or threatened. her spirit was unbroken by failure

RESOLUTION stresses firm determination to achieve one's ends. the resolution of pioneer women

TENACITY adds to RESOLUTION implications of stubborn persistence and unwillingness to admit defeat. held to their beliefs with greattenacity

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Is mettle Connected to Metal?

Originally, mettle was simply a variant spelling of the word metal (which dates to at least the 13th century), and it was used in all of the same senses as its metallic relative. Over time, however, mettle came to be used mainly in figurative senses referring to the quality of someone's character. It eventually became a distinct English word in its own right, losing its literal sense altogether. Metal remained a term primarily used for those hard, shiny substances such as steel or iron, but it also acquired a figurative use. Today, both words can mean "vigor and strength of spirit or temperament," but only metal is used of metallic substances.