When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

Robert Green Ingersoll
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  1. Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

  2. In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.

  3. He who refuses to stoop, who cannot be bribed by the promise of success or the fear of failure - who walks the highway of the right, and in disaster stands erect, is the only victor.

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