Excerpt from The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 24: February 15, 1889 Can you not imagine the loving tender ness with which his body was lifted from the pavement, and with what solicitude his memory was cherished 'he had not only fought for his country's freedom, but in carrying the good news to the helpless at home, he had lost a life that he might have sav'ed. We cannot honor him by name, for to us he is but a voice, an heroic voice, crying with feeble tones, but sending a thrill through our very heart. Let us try to enter into the feelings of the people to whom this dying soldier carried his welcome message. The scene lies in Greece, on a September day, 490 years before Christ. For nine days Athens had been in suspense. The overwhelming army of a conquering nation lay but twenty-two miles distant. 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.