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Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero. The valet, I dare say, has great respect for some person of his own stamp.
Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero. The valet, I dare say, has great respect for some person of his own stamp.
Approximate author period: c. 1790 AD · early modern
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- Approximate author period: c. 1790 AD · early modern
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
Heroes · anthology attribution: Goethe
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Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.
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