THE SECRET
OF HEROISM
A Memoir of
Henry Albert Harper
By
W. L. MACKENZIE KING
New York Chicago Toronto
Fleming H. Revell Company
London and Edinburgh
Copyright, 1906, by
FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY
SECOND EDITION
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To
My Mother
| O strong soul, by what shore Tarriest thou now? For that force, Surely, has not been left vain! Somewhere, surely, afar, In the sounding labour-house vast Of being, is practiced that strength, Zealous, beneficent, firm! —Matthew Arnold, “Rugby Chapel.” |
CONTENTS
| To the Reader | 9 |
| The Secret of Heroism | 21 |
| The Influence of Home | 24 |
| College and After | 34 |
| The Day’s Work | 46 |
| Nature | 55 |
| Books | 65 |
| The Love of Others | 78 |
| Social and Political Ideals | 105 |
| The Purpose of Life | 135 |
| A Last Word | 150 |