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Quotation from The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children by Charles Kingsley
“The stories are not all true, of course, nor half of them; you are not simple enough to fancy that; but the meaning of them is true, and true for ever, and that is—Do right, and God will help you.”
The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, Preface (Project Gutenberg #677 (1889 Macmillan edition))
The last words of Kingsley's preface to his children, stating the moral he finds in all three stories.
Citation: "The stories are not all true, of course, nor half of them; you are not simple enough to fancy that; but the meaning of them is true, and true for ever, and that is—Do right, and God will help you." — Charles Kingsley, The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, Preface (Project Gutenberg #677 (1889 Macmillan edition)). (id kingsley-the-heroes-q1)
