Brave British soldiers and the Victoria Cross

Brave British soldiers and the Victoria Cross - a general account of the regiments and men of the British Army, and stories of the brave deeds which won the prize "for valour"

The best set of Volumes for Prizes, Rewards, or Gifts to English Lads. They have all been prepared by Mr. Beeton with a view to their fitness in manly tone and handsome appearance for presents for Youth, amongst whom they enjoy an unrivalled degree of popularity, which never flags. This book is written for Boys. The majority of the articles were expressly prepared for the Boys Own Magazine, and the interest which their appearance excited, coupled with the favourable notices they won, encouraged the Editor to publish them in a connected form. Boysworthy to be called Boysare naturally brave. There is not, so far as we are aware, any etymological connexion between the words boy and brave; but there is an association of ideas, which if it does not make the terms interchangeable, is still strongly suggestive of their being one and the same. The expression brave man is easily understood, but to us, brave Boy looks like a pleonasm. A man has experience. He has testedif there be any good thing in himhis courage in the rough exploits of the worlds campaign. He has tilted, mayhap, with Quixotic chivalry against windmills, and in the encounter has been discomfited; he has awakened from his bright dream to a sad reality; he has been tempted to turn prosaicinclined sometimes to beat his sword into a sickle, to gather in for his own special use the golden wheat from anybodys cornfield, and to make those late foes of histhe windmillsgrind up the corn to make his bread. Now he is no longer brave. His views of life are taken from a new point of sight. He smiles at the boys enthusiasm, and counts himself wise in his mans selfishness. But a man who has done battle, who has been thrown in the lists, who has been ready to mount and splinter lance again, who in the gaining of experience has lost nothing of the Boys boldnesssuch a man is brave. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 65654
Author: Beeton, Samuel Orchart
Release Date: Jun 20, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Editor: Beeton, Samuel Orchart, 1831-1877