Although not a particularly religious man himself, ‘The Boss’ was principled and was a great friend of Eric ... gold medal, Liddell remained true to his principles and declined to run on the Sabbath.

Themes: The story of Eric Liddell; using your talents ... The duration is 5' 57" and the final words are: '...an Olympic gold medal for a race that everyone thought he could not win'.

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