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Quotation from The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children by Charles Kingsley
“And we call such a man a hero in English to this day, and call it a ‘heroic’ thing to suffer pain and grief, that we may do good to our fellow-men.”
The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, Preface (Project Gutenberg #677 (1889 Macmillan edition))
Kingsley explains why he named the book The Heroes, defining a hero as one who leaves his country better than he found it.
Citation: "And we call such a man a hero in English to this day, and call it a ‘heroic’ thing to suffer pain and grief, that we may do good to our fellow-men." — Charles Kingsley, The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, Preface (Project Gutenberg #677 (1889 Macmillan edition)). (id kingsley-the-heroes-q2)
