cour·age (noun) | \ ˈkər-ij , ˈkə-rij \ Definition- : mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty : makes a king out of a slave, makes the flag on the mast to wave, makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist or the dusky dusk, makes the muskrat guard his musk, makes the Sphinx the 7th Wonder, makes the dawn come up like thunder, makes the Hottentot so hot, puts the "ape" in apricot, what they got that you ain't got : a cowardly dog