True bravery iz very eazy tew detekt, for it iz az mutch a part and
parcel of a man's every day life az hiz clothes iz.
Everything that a truly brave man duz iz did from principle not impulse,
and when no one sees him he iz just az heroik az he would be if he waz
in the eyes of the multitude.
Thare iz a grate deal ov bravery that iz simply ornamental, and if it
wan't for its spurs and cockade wouldn't amount tew mutch.
It iz not bravery to face what we kan't dodge, but it iz true courage
tew face all things that are honest and dodge nothing.
True bravery exists amung the lowly just az mutch az amung the grate,
and a man really haz no more right tew expekt praise for his courage
than he haz for hiz virtue.
It often requires more bravery tew tell the simple truth than it duz tew
win a battle.
He who fills to the brim the stashun in life, which nature or fortune
haz given him, iz a hero; i don't kare whether he iz a peasant on the
hillside, or chieftian in the tented field.
The most sublime courage I hav ever witnessed, hav been among that klass
who waz too poor to know that they possessed it, and too humble for the
world ever to diskover it.
When I want to see a hero, or commune with one, i don't go tew the pages
ov history; i kan find them in among the bipaths ov every day life, i
hav known them tew liv out their lives and die without enny reckord
here; but hereafter, when the grate sorting takes place, they will be
found among the jewels.