Someone’s silence or actions may impact prejudice and injustice because they’re not standing up for what’s wrong and because of that it will most likely continue to happen. Yes, ordinary citizens can make a difference.
If sounds as if it refers to his aching agony within his situation. ¨Bear up, old heart! You´ve borne worse, far worse,¨ shows how everything is affecting him. This is his attempt to tell himself to stay strong in time of dispair.
