Heroes are seldom given to
hero-worship, but among those of that young land, young as he was, he was accounted an elder hero.
Of course I liked Athens best, and yet there was something in the fine behavior of the Spartans in battle, which won a heart formed for
hero-worship. I mastered the notion of their communism, and approved of their iron money, with the poverty it obliged them to, yet somehow their cruel treatment of the Helots failed to shock me; perhaps I forgave it to their patriotism, as I had to forgive many ugly facts in the history of the Romans to theirs.
(for the great men did not sup with the rest, but had each his own allowance in his study or the fifth-form room), cleaning candlesticks and putting in new candles, toasting cheese, bottling beer, and carrying messages about the house; and Tom, in the first blush of his
hero-worship, felt it a high privilege to receive orders from and be the bearer of the supper of old Brooke.
He had endeavored to pay a compliment with a lie, and the prompt repudiation of the lie served only to increase his
hero-worship.
No wonder 94,000 fans, as they have so many times in the past, stood as one to
hero-worship their captain with chants of 'Messi, Messi, Messi'.
But as I got older I dropped the
hero-worship thing.
"Those two teenagers researched and discussed those killers and their interest in them turned to
hero-worship. It was against that background that they plotted their own attack upon the school they attended.
A better grasp of history and a bit less
hero-worship might come in handy.
Every performer must be evaluated on merit as
hero-worship doesn't work.
First, you
hero-worship your father, then you hate him and you end up being him.