Heroes Every Child Should Know. H. W. Mabie
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H. W. Mabie
Heroes Every Child Should Know
Published by Good Press, 2020
EAN 4064066413910
Table of Contents
Perseus, adapted from "The Heroes" by Charles Kingsley
Hercules, by Kate Stephens
Daniel, from Book of Daniel, Chapter vi, Verses 1 to 24
David, from I. Book of Samuel, Chapter xvii
St. George, adapted from "Martyrs and Saints of the First Twelve Centuries" by Mrs. E. Rundle Charles
King Arthur, adapted from "Stories from Le Morte d'Arthur and the Mabinogion" by Beatrice Clay
Sir Galahad, adapted from "Stories from Le Morte d'Arthur and the Mabinogion" by Beatrice Clay; followed by "Sir Galahad" by Alfred Tennyson
Siegfried, adapted from "Heroes of Chivalry and Romance" by A. J. Church
Roland, adapted from "Stories of Charlemagne and the Peers of France" by A. J. Church
King Alfred, adapted from "Old English History" by E. A. Freeman
The Cid, adapted from "Chronicle of the Cid" from the Spanish, by Robert Southey
Robin Hood, adapted from "Book of Romance" edited by Andrew Lang; including a version of the popular ballad, "Robin Hood and the Butcher"
Richard the Lion-Hearted, adapted from "The Crusaders" by A. J. Church
Saint Louis, adapted from "The Crusaders" by A. J. Church
William Tell. adapted from "Stories from History" by Agnes Strickland
Robert Bruce, adapted from "Tales of a Grandfather from Scottish History" by Sir Walter Scott
George Washington, adapted from "Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington" by G. W. Parke Custis
Robert E. Lee, from "Letters and Recollections of General Lee" by Captain Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln, adapted from "The True Story of Abraham Lincoln" by Elbridge S. Brooks
Father Damien, adapted from "Father Damien: A Journey from Cashmere to His Home in Hawaii" by Edward Clifford
Introduction
If there had been no real heroes there would have been created imaginary ones, for men cannot live without them. The hero is just as necessary as the farmer, the sailor, the carpenter and the doctor; society could not get on without him. There have been a great many different kinds of heroes, for in every age and among every people the hero has stood for the qualities that were most admired and sought after by the bravest and best; and all ages and peoples have imagined or produced heroes as inevitably as they have made ploughs for turning the soil or ships for getting through the water or weapons with which to fight their enemies. To be some kind of a hero has been the ambition of spirited boys from the beginning of history; and if you want to know what the men and women of a country care for most, you must study their heroes. To the boy the hero stands for the highest success: to the grown man and woman he stands for the deepest and richest life.
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