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Heroism works in contradiction to the voice of mankind and in contradiction, for a time, to the voice of the great and good. Heroism is an obedience to a secret impulse of an individual.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

American philosopher, essayist, and poet

May 25th, 1803 - April 27th, 1882

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