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HERO TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY
by HENRY CABOT LODGE AND THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Hence it is that the fathers of these men and ours also, and they
themselves likewise, being nurtured in all freedom and well born, have
shown before all men many and glorious deeds in public and private,
deeming it their duty to fight for the cause of liberty and the Greeks,
even against Greeks, and against Barbarians for all the Greeks."
--PLATO: "Menexenus."
TO E. Y. R.
To you we owe the suggestion of writing this book. Its purpose, as you
know better than any one else, is to tell in simple fashion the story of
some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to
die; who proved their truth by their endeavor; and who joined to the
stern and manly qualities which are essential to the well-being of a
masterful race the virtues of gentleness, of patriotism, and of lofty
adherence to an ideal.
It is a good thing for all Americans, and it is an especially good thing
for young Americans, to remember the men who have given their lives
in war and peace to the service of their fellow-countrymen, and to keep
in mind the feats of daring and personal prowess done in time past by
some of the many champions of the nation in the various crises of her
history. Thrift, industry, obedience to law, and intellectual culvation are
essential qualities in the makeup of any successful people; but no
people can be really great unless they possess also the heroic virtues
which are as needful in time of peace as in time of war, and as
important in civil as in military life. As a civilized people we desire
peace, but the only peace worth having is obtained by instant readiness
to fight when wronged--not by unwillingness or inability to fight at all.
Intelligent foresight in preparation and known capacity to stand well in
battle are the surest safeguards against war. America will cease to be a
great nation whenever her young men cease to possess energy, daring,
and endurance, as well as the wish and the power to fight the nation's
foes. No citizen of a free state should wrong any man; but it is not
enough merely to refrain from infringing on the rights of others; he
must also be able and willing to stand up for his own rights and those
of his country against all comers, and he must be ready at any time to

do his full share in resisting either malice domestic or foreign levy.
HENRY CABOT LODGE. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
WASHINGTON, April 19, 1895.

CONTENTS
GEORGE WASHINGTON--H. C. Lodge.
DANIEL BOONE AND THE FOUNDING OF
KENTUCKY--Theodore Roosevelt.
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK AND THE CONQUEST OF THE
NORTHWEST--Theodore Roosevelt.
THE BATTLE OF TRENTON--H. C. Lodge.
BENNINGTON--H. C. Lodge.
KING'S MOUNTAIN--Theodore Roosevelt.
THE STORMING OF STONY POINT--Theodore Roosevelt.
GOUVERNEUR MORRIS--H.