Yet still despond not, but proceed Along the path where fate may lead.
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Despond
/dɪˈspɒnd/
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6 entrieschronic despondencydeep despondencyemotional despondencyhopelessnesspersistent despondenceprofound despondency
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October 16, 1820, Thomas Scott, letter to the Rev. G. Knight, Harwell I should despair, or at least despond.
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Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty.
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June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument We wish that […] desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that foundations of our national power still stand strong.
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