adverse circumstance

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In the preface to the novel’s third edition, in 1841, Dickens writes that he “wished to show, in little Oliver, the principle of Good surviving through every adverse circumstance, and triumphing at last.”

From Time • Jan. 27, 2012

The greater part of Kościuszko's career is that of a man pitted against the weight of adverse circumstance.

From Kościuszko A Biography by Gardner, Monica M. (Monica Mary)

They draw their moral strength and their ability to contend intelligently against adverse circumstance largely from what is told them by the men who surround them.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense

This alone prevailed over his reluctant nature, his protesting affections, and his adverse circumstance.

From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Smith, George Adam, Sir

Nothing was said during its progress, but when Sarah had finally departed after her first triumph, won under every adverse circumstance of strangeness and limited resources, Carmichael took his aunt's hand and kissed it.

From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian