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To be heroic is first to accomplish. It is to have valor. It is to be first. It is to defeat the enemy, to push back the frontier, to lead the charge. To establish the civilization, to surmount the odds, to lighten the darkness, to extend the faith, to keep the faith, to bring good, or to give life. It is being bigger than life. Sometimes just to live. But, it is to be remembered.
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Bryan, J.A. (1962). What is Heroic?. In: Bell, N.K. (eds) Who Decides?. Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5823-0_11
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