In message <[log in to unmask]>, Ed Sharpe SMECC MUSEUM 
www.smecc.org <[log in to unmask]> writing at 14:44:12 in his/her local 
time opines:-

>there  was one quote i am looking for    roughly

>"only  the  true nature is known if   something is  pushed"
>
>not  exact  but that is   the  rough partial lasarur long   quote

http://www.ikedaquotes.org/difficulties.html

"A  person's true nature is revealed at times of the greatest 
adversity."

Buddhist philosopher Daisaku Ikeda rather than Lazarus Long.


The nearest Lazarus Long quote I can find is at:-

http://ss64.org/viewtopic.php?pid=4195

Never appeal to a man's "better nature."  He may not have one.
Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.
         -- Lazarus Long

Is either of these what you are looking for?
-- 
Roy Brown        'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be
Kelmscott Ltd     useful, or believe to be beautiful'  William Morris

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