Word: valor
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...poet. His work is full of dignity and some of his characters show that his own nature must have been that of a gentleman. There is in his work no trace of humor; his mind seemed to turn instinctively to sterner things and be delighted in the praise of valor and manhood...
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...
...patriotic soldiery of America. When rebellion threatened the disrupture of our union, another glorious scene was enacted here. The college sent forth her best and bravest, and their deeds became immortalized in glory; and the alumni have reared this magnificent temple and placed these monuments here to memorialize their valor and their sacrifice. Yet we treasure in our heart of hearts this grand memory of the past as a precious heritage, and we garner them to-day in the lap of our dear old mother as the rich assurance of our triumph and her renown. But, sir, time does...