What are the marks of a hero?
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1 min readSep 7, 2017
Meriwether Lewis was asked by President Jefferson in the early 1800s to explore US territorial acquisitions that stretched to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and Clark, his chosen partner, and a group of pioneer spirits achieved that mission in spite of countless barriers, hardships, and challenges.
Lewis was often depressed, resorted to self-destructive remedies, failed to document his findings, and after their return committed suicide. Their expedition was the fulcrum on which this nation leveraged its reach from the Mississippi to the Pacific. Lewis and his colleagues were heroes. Loyalty and the capacity to learn from failure got them through. What are the marks of a hero?
