At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in… - Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion.

Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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About Edwin Hubbell Chapin

Edwin Hubbell Chapin (December 29, 1814 – December 26, 1880) was a Universalist minister who became famed as an orator in the 1840s.

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Alternative Names: E. H. Chapin • Edwin Hubbell Rev. Chapin

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