As they are the bravest who require no witnesses to their deeds of daring, so they are the best who do right without thinking whether or not it shall be known. (John Lancaster Spalding)

As they are the bravest who require no witnesses to their deeds of daring, so they are the best who do right without thinking whether or not it shall be known.

John Lancaster Spalding

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