It may be inferred that Henley's father, a struggling bookseller, died while Henley was a teenager. Henley was diagnosed with tubercular arthritis at the age of 12 and had one of his legs amputated just below the knee; the other foot was spared only after a radical operation done by Joseph Lister.
<h3>What successes did Henley experience?</h3>
Henley returned to an active life as editor of The Magazine of Art (1882-86), where he
- championed painters James McNeill Whistler and Auguste Rodin, and
- worked on the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- In 1889, he was appointed editor of the Edinburgh-based Scots Observer.
One of the ways he dealt with his challenges is:
During a difficult stay in the hospital, Henley was motivated to pen this poem on stoicism, courage, and refusing to accept defeat. Recall that he suffered bone tuberculosis as a child, and the lower half of one of his legs had to be amputated while he was in his thirties.
This way, he demonstrated that was the master of his own destiny.
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