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A Lost Hero

By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and Herbert D. Ward

2020-02-21 03:07:28

THE materials of heroism are everywhere; each day and all situations are full of them. The power to recognize them and the will to use them make the hero. He who saves a life, no matter how obscure, how poor, how ignorant he may be, has a value which ... Read more
THE materials of heroism are everywhere; each day and all situations are full of them. The power to recognize them and the will to use them make the hero. He who saves a life, no matter how obscure, how poor, how ignorant he may be, has a value which can never belong to the spiller of blood; and the crimson glories of war fade before the white honors of peace. This little story, which was originally contributed to the "Youth's Companion," has sought to teach the young people of America something of the grandeur which waits upon a brave deed, and something of the beauty of supreme self-sacrifice. Less

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File size1273.201 KB
Print pages88
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2008-07-01
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781408685280
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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and Herbert D. Ward
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