By dint of hard service it had acquired , as it were , moral qualities of patience and energy ; and when he was given some heavy work , he stood on it in preference to its fellow .
Благодаря тяжелой службе он приобрел как бы моральные качества терпения и энергии; и когда ему давали какую-то тяжелую работу, он стоял на ней, предпочитая ее собрату.
