Excerpt from Heroes and Greathearts and Their Animal Friends Every boy and girl will have their heroes. Who shall 'they be? Shall they be the champions of the prize ring, the-bullies who terrorize all who are smaller and weaker than themselves, or nothing higher than the captain of a baseball team or society leader? Or shall their heroes be the men and women who have stood for the right and who have enriched the world by noble deeds and exalted lives. Almost every child has within him a nobility of soul which recognizes these qualities in others, and which will respond to the influence and example of a great life. Fortunate, indeed, is the youth to whom such an appeal to his better nature is made during his early years while the mind is plastic and impressionable. The purpose of this book is to direct attention to some of those great souls who have been amongst the leaders in the great conflict for truth and justice - to show the gentle and kindly side of their natures by their love and attachment to the ani mals under their care. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.