Excerpt from Christian Types of Heroism: A Study of the Heroic Spirit Under ChristianityLarge admixture of what are known as the milder traits. A survey of Christian history will prove that there has been no falling off in the culture of a vital per sonal force since the ethics of Calvary superseded those of the Platonist and the Stoic.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.