Word: valor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Insincerity is his especial abomination, and he devotes himself to condemning it. True valor is the fountain of true virtue, and it is only in his sincerity and veracity, that the hero differs from ordinary mortals. The secret of the graphic qualities of Carlyle's style lies in his noble, loving heart. The talent he showed was in turning the history of England into a kind of Iliad - almost a Bible. His histories are collections of biographies, and his idea of a biography was a very exalted one. He sought after the central moral principle of the man, then...
...Chickens for Use and Beauty" is a taking paper, fully illustrated. Jefferson's Autobiography loses nothing in interest. "Valor and Skill in the Civil War" compares the two armies without drawing any very definite conclusions...
...April number of the North American Review to a patriotic American is the opening one on "Discipline in the Navy." Admiral Porter, the author, pays honor to the success of American naval officers in the difficulties they have to contend with, and cites the unequalled example of courage and valor shown by the sailors on our fleet destroyed at Samoa as a proof that the American navy needs no lessons in discipline...