Word: heroic
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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...Grenfell is a graduate of King's College, Oxford, and of the Royal College of Surgeons. He has been engaged in medical work among the natives and fishermen of Labrador for over 15 years. On account of his heroic missionary work, he was made a Companion of St. Michael and St. George, by Edward VII of England...
...speeches were chosen with care and were representative not only of political debating, but also of well-known works in English prose and poetry. They dealt with former political issues, with present problems, and with heroic deeds. English literature from Shakespeare to Kipling was also represented, and one or two selections were chosen to play upon the feelings of the audience...