Excerpt from A Book of Heroes: Boys and Men; A Record of the Past, and an Inspiration for the Future Actions speak louder than words, as the proverb puts it; and a book of heroes is a chronicle of deeds more eloquent than speech, and of more powerful appeal than printed panegyrics. Sincerit'y, says Carlyle, is the saving merit, a. L certainly it is a quality of universal commendation. I ven the least sincere are at least sincere enough to aspect sincerity. Bravery may, and often does, exist apart from sincerity; but it ...
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Excerpt from A Book of Heroes: Boys and Men; A Record of the Past, and an Inspiration for the Future Actions speak louder than words, as the proverb puts it; and a book of heroes is a chronicle of deeds more eloquent than speech, and of more powerful appeal than printed panegyrics. Sincerit'y, says Carlyle, is the saving merit, a. L certainly it is a quality of universal commendation. I ven the least sincere are at least sincere enough to aspect sincerity. Bravery may, and often does, exist apart from sincerity; but it is the moral touch of sincerity that lifts it to the plane of the heroic. A great man is always sincere, as a first condition of him, says Carlyle but a man need not be great in order to be sincere. And then he adds, as if for the encouragement of all, If hero mean sincere man, why may not every one of us be heroes? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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