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The heroic example of other days is in great part the source of the courage of each generation and men walk up composedly to the most perilous enterprises, beckoned onward by the shades of the brave that were.

Arthur Helps

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Arthur Helps
Age: 61 †
Born: 1813
Born: July 10
Died: 1875
Died: March 7
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Sir Arthur Helps
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