Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and perceptibly, as — Brooke Foss Westcott
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and perceptibly, as — Brooke Foss Westcott
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and perceptibly, as — Brooke Foss Westcott
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and perceptibly, as — Brooke Foss Westcott
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and perceptibly, as — Brooke Foss Westcott
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Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and perceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and last some crisis shows what we have become.

— Brooke Foss Westcott
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