Christian Types of Heroism: A Study of the Heroic Spirit Under Christianity
- ISBN-10
- 0790543060
- ISBN-13
- 9780790543062
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1890
- Publisher
- Universalist Publishing House
- Author
- John Coleman Adams
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