GREATEST HERO
JAPANESE ELECT CHRIST TOKIO, April 2. In a poll of students recently taken to determine the eight greatest heroes in history, Jesus Christ, despite the fact that Japan is a Buddhist country, topped the list, with George Washington second. Buddha was placed only sixth on the list, Napoleon and Abraham Lincoln receiving more votes. Mussolini was in the tail, with only five votes, Lenin with four, Julius Cresar with three, and Henry Ford was last with but two admirers.
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Evening Star, Issue 19839, 12 April 1928, Page 9
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81GREATEST HERO Evening Star, Issue 19839, 12 April 1928, Page 9
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