There is nothing heroical in a multitude of miserable rogues not wishing to be starved [ . . . ] but when a single man comes forward to brave their cries and to make them submit to the last indignities, from mere pride and self-will, our admiration of his prowess is immediately converted into contempt for their pusillanimity . " The key for Hazlitt is the innate human " love of power ".
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Manker's performance as Shakespeare's " Richard III " ( 1997 ), staged by Peter Zadek at the M�nchner Kammerspiele, generated most heated discussions, where conflict arose with the theatre and its director Dieter Dorn, whereupon the production was cancelled despite its huge success with the public . " A huge success is being dropped here, one which could have been played for years, merely out of pusillanimity . " ( Peter Zadek)
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The two earls appeared to be afraid of attacking Angus, and this expedition resulted in failure . " John, the father, however, undismayed by their pusillanimity, proceeded onward through the Sound of Mull, accompanied by the MacLeans, MacLeods, MacNeills, and others, and having encountered Angus in a bay on the south side of the promontory of Ardnamurchan, a desperate combat ensued, in which Angus was again victorious . " This place is near Tobermory, and has since been known as Badh-na-fola, and the conflict is known as the Battle of Bloody Bay.
