Heroes and Hero Worship [antikvár]

ONHEROES, HERO-WORSHIP,ANDThe Heroic in History.LECTURE Lthe hero as a divinity. odin. paganism:scandinavian mythology.[Tuesday, 5th May, 1840.]We have undertaken to discourse here for alittle on Great Men, their manner of appear-ance in our world's business, how they haveshaped themselves in the world's history, whatideas men formed of them, what work theydid;on Heroes, namely, and on their recep-tion and performance; what I call Hero-wor-ship and the Heroic in human affairs. Tooevidently this is a large topic; deservingquite other treatment than we can expectto give it at present. A large topic; indeed,an illimitable one; wide as Universal Historyitself. For, as I take it, Universal History,the history of what man has accomplished inthis world, is at bottom the History of the3