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Adversity is a boon to the artist. It stimulates his artistic qualities. Great tragedies were produced by men who suffered from adversity. Surdas, Milton and Homer were blind poets but they wrote immortal verses. Shakespeare is an immortal writer because he gave us his tragedies. Prosperity produces comedies. Literary critics all over the world are one in declaring that tragedies are always on a higher level than comedies. Adversity produces tragedies. It also sharpens a man's intelligence and widens his sympathies. It makes a man farsighted. Adversity saves us from false notions. It is an eye-opener. It brings us to the matter-of-fact world. It relieves us of our idle dreams and idealistic fancies. It makes us earthly beings. It saves us from high ambitions which would never be fulfilled. Adversity takes us nearer to God. In moments of hardship man folds his hands and prays to God. In moments of prosperity one forgets God. One forgets too, the transistorizes of joys and pleasures. The narrowing lust of gold blinds our vision. It makes shut our eyes on everything spiritual. It makes unconscious of only material possession. Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity. It may be a still teacher but its lessons are unforgettable. Shakespeare is right when he says, "Sweet are the uses of adversity." It is well said that prosperity multiplies friends and adversity tries them. In this way adversity is a touchstone to judge true friendship. To conclude, adversity has more uses than abuses.