(DOWNLOAD) "Heroes Every Child Should Know (Illustrated)" by Hamilton Wright Mabie " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Heroes Every Child Should Know (Illustrated)
- Author : Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Release Date : January 20, 2013
- Genre: Fiction,Books,Young Adult,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1577 KB
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This is a collection of tales edited by the American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer Hamilton Wright Mabie. From the days of Hercules to those of Washington and Livingston, men of heroic spirit have not stopped to count the cost when a deed must be done but have done it, usually with very little talk or noise; for heroes, as a rule, are much more interested in getting their work done than in making themselves conspicuous or winning a reputation. Heroes have often been harsh and even brutal, especially in the earliest times when humane feeling and a compassionate spirit had not been developed;