Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Nathan Hale
Many a man dies at what appears to onlookers the very zenith of fame, - the very summit of success. But as Time moves on, its relentless finger first dims, then absolutely effaces, his personal records, so that, even to the generation immediately following him, his former fame becomes incredible. The marvel is not when a man's standing is in time lowered, but rather when some invisible power, - call it what you will, - through slow, revolving years, lifts him ever higher, until his fame becomes a national crown of glory and bids fair - like that of the dead at Thermopylae, or the victors at Marathon, or of individuals like Washington and Lincoln - to last as long as time shall last. If sometimes true Of mature men, this has seldom been true of very young men.
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