Project Gutenberg 2008-05-30 Public domain in the USA. 95 Edwards, Clayton A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. Reading ease score: 67.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Mark C. Orton and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) "A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines" by Clayton Edwards is a collection of historical and semi-historical biographies written in the early 20th century. The text compiles accounts of notable figures from various epochs, spanning from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D., emphasizing their acts of bravery, moral character, and significant contributions to society. The book also intersperses the lives of fictional characters that embody heroic traits, creating a diverse tapestry of human experience. At the start of the work, the author introduces the history of the ancient Indian prince Siddartha, who would later become known as Buddha. The narrative explores Siddartha's sheltered upbringing, his father's efforts to prevent him from encountering suffering, and the profound transformation that occurs when Siddartha is finally exposed to the harsh realities of life—aging, sickness, and death. His eventual decision to pursue enlightenment leads him to renounce his privileged life in search of deeper truths, a story that resonates with universal themes of personal sacrifice, spiritual awakening, and the quest for knowledge that defines the human condition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Heroes CT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General 699116 697381 2024-10-11T06:25:42.120745 2023-09-11T09:27:27.242500 text/html text/html 696818 2008-05-30T14:45:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 661906 2021-01-03T16:47:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 828381 2024-10-11T06:25:49.188682 application/epub+zip 839324 2024-10-11T06:25:43.015742 application/epub+zip 322367 2024-10-11T06:25:42.563747 application/epub+zip 1016635 2024-10-11T06:25:54.331680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 990236 2024-10-11T06:25:48.626696 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473909 2022-09-12T05:19:56.216287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 676370 676271 2024-10-11T06:25:41.139721 2023-09-11T09:27:26.278432 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 676096 2021-01-03T16:47:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 248278 2021-01-03T16:47:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 676235 2021-01-03T16:47:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 248270 2021-01-03T16:47:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20716 2024-10-11T06:25:54.464651 application/rdf+xml 15924 2024-10-11T06:25:42.648733 image/jpeg 1981 2024-10-11T06:25:42.605724 image/jpeg 664524 2024-10-11T06:25:42.198733 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog