“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.”
By Denis Janssen (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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Why is Christian Science in our name?
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: 15 quotes on his birthday
Emerson would be 209 years old on May 25th. Here are 15 of his more memorable aphorisms.
12. Ordinary heroes
