I knew I was a hero; I could not doubt it, for I had been brought up to the business, and to question it would be to question the veracity of every relative I had.
But try all I would I couldn't manage to show it.
After a considerable amount of patient study, my conceptions of a hero had resolved themselves into several leading ideas, which it may be of use to the reader if I repeat here:-- 1.

He must save one life or more from drowning.
2.

He must stop runaway horses.
3.

He must rescue people from burning houses.
4.

He must pull some one from under the wheels of a train.
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