Solomon Short :
Nature abhors a hero. For one thing, he violates the law of conservation of energy. For another, how can it be the survival of the fittest when the fittest keeps putting himself in situations where he is most likely to be creamed
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Heroes and Heroism
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Law and Lawyers
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Conservatives
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