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Heroes of the Nations

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Heroes of the Nations

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FACTA DUCIS VIVENT, OPEROSAQUE

GLORIA RERUM—-OVID, IN LIVIAM, 255.

THE HERO’S DEEDS AND HARD-WON

FAME SHALL LIVE.