This is the endurance of endurance. And it brings to mind a quote and a song. First, the quote, said by the vanquished Emperor of Japan, Hirohito, in his speech announcing the surrender to the Japanese people. He said, "We must endure the unendurable." This comes to mind because Netzach is also called VIctory. The ability to endure is an inner victory, which eventually will manifest in the outer world. Japan's eventual victory was economic. Their constitution forswore war. And in so doing the actually created the Greater Asia Co Prosperity Sphere that was their propagandistic reason for invading China and the rest of Asia.
The song? The anthem of the civil rights movement in the United States — a song of endurance not only in one life, but across generations. Something that Jews are not unfamiliar with. It's a song that recognizes sometimes hope only comes to those who know they must endure...
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome someday
I do believe
We shall overcome some day
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand some day
I do believe
We shall overcome some day
We shall all be free
We shall all be free
We shall all be free some day
I do believe
We shall overcome some day
We are not afraid
We are not afraid
We are not afraid some day
I do believe
We shall overcome some day
We are not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone some day
I do believe
We shall overcome some day
The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around some day
I do believe
We shall overcome some day
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
I do believe
We shall overcome some day
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