Commentary “We become brave by doing brave acts,” observed Aristotle in the “Nicomachean Ethics,”—“by being habituated to despise things that are terrible and to stand our ground against them, we become brave, and it is when we have become so that we shall be most able to stand our ground against them.” Thus began Chapter Six in William J. Bennett’s “Book of Virtues.” The Reagan era U.S. Secretary of Education believed then, as now, that virtues and vices are fixed in our characters through practice.  As Reagan’s point man for education, Bennett understood that people require a thorough appreciation of their cultural inheritance to steel their will for fitting action. Fitting action on the part of free nations requires the wisdom and the courage of natural leadership. History celebrates leaders as much for their courage in the face of overwhelming odds as it does for their ultimate victories. The iconic …