There would be no difficulty in spending my time." "But how could a man show himself to be a hero," the Danish girl asked, "if there were no fighting ?" "There would be no occasion for heroes," Edmund said, "at least of heroes in the sense you mean--that is, of men famous principally for the number they have slain, and the destruction and misery they have caused.

Our religion teaches us that mere courage is not the highest virtue.

It is one possessed as much by animals as by men.

Higher virtues than this are kindness, charity, unselfishness, and a desire to benefit our fellow-creatures.

These virtues make a man a truer hero than the bravest Viking who ever sailed the seas.