If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero? ✨ Th…

Thomas Carlyle
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If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero? ✨ Thomas Carlyle (1966). On Heroes, Hero-worship, and the Heroic in History, p.127, U of Nebraska Press
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If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero? ✨ Thomas Carlyle (1966). On Heroes, Hero-worship, and the Heroic in History, p.127, U of Nebraska Press

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