“ | How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten Spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar? | „ |
~ Aaron Burr about Alexander Hamilton. |
“ | I was a young shoe shiner in Glasgow when a man came in, his boots cemented in mud. I worked and WORKED until those boots sparkled! In return, he gave me an American dime. That dime inspired me to move to America and find my fortune. | „ |
~ Scrooge’s reason for becoming rich. |
Inconsistently Admirable heroes who started off as normal citizens but later became heroes.
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