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A selection of essays about heroism from The American Enterprise.

Essays reprinted with permission from The American Enterprise. Published in "Heroes Today: Where are They?" September 2000 Issue, ©2005.

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Rescues
Does Religion Hinder Heroes? 
by Robert Royal,
The American Enterprise, September 2000
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Permission to use this material was granted by The American Enterprise


No Reverence, No Heroes 
by Edward E. Ericson, Jr.,
The American Enterprise, September 2000
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Permission to use this material was granted by The American Enterprise
The Teacher as Hero
My Hero, My Father The Hero in Pop Culture Bats, Balls, and Idols The Hero in Pop Culture Heroism Goes to the Dogs
The Hero in Pop Culture~ Stories That Inspire 
by Ellen Wilson Fielding,

The American Enterprise, September 2000
©2005 The American Enterprise
Permission to use this material was granted by
The American Enterprise


The Hero in Pop Culture Not-So Super Heroes We've Abandoned Our Heroes, but we Still Need Them Heroes of the Vietnam Generation

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