Sentence:  ... for every sorrow that his heart turned from, he lost a consolation; for every fear which he dared not confront, he lost a portion of his <WSD>hardiness</WSD>; the unsceptred sweep of the storm-clouds, the fair freedom of glancing shower and flickering sunbeam, sank into sweet rectitudes and decent formalisms; 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The quality of being bold in the face of risk or authority.