Little Visits with Great Americans
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Эндрю Карнеги. Little Visits with Great Americans
Little Visits with Great Americans
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VOLUME 1
Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
BOOK ONE. INSPIRATIONAL TALKS. WITH FAMOUS AMERICANS
Success Maxims
I. Hard Work: the Secret of a Great Inventor’s Genius
HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A BANKER
HIS FIRST EXPERIMENTS
A NOVEL METHOD OF TELEGRAPHING
HIS FIRST PATENT
POVERTY AS AN INCENTIVE TO EFFORT
NEVER DID ANYTHING WORTH WHILE BY CHANCE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE INVENTORS
THE WIZARD AT HOME
MRS. EDISON IS ALSO AN INVENTOR OF GOOD ABILITY
RISES EARLY AND WORKS LONG
II. A “Down-east” Yankee who Dictates Peace to the Nations
THE MAN WHOSE GUNS WILL CLEAR A JUNGLE
HIS BRAIN IS BUILT UP OF INVENTIVE CELLS
BITING OFF THE DOG’S TAIL
PAT’S ANXIETY TO TRY “THE BOSS,” AND ITS RESULT
HOW THE MAINE “BACKWOODSMAN” CAPTURED A ROBBER
FROM GAS MACHINES TO INCANDESCENT LAMPS
THE GENESIS OF THE AUTOMATIC GUN
AUTOMATIC GUNS MADE SMOKELESS POWDER INDISPENSABLE
HOW LI HUNG CHANG BECAME INTERESTED IN MAXIM
HOW A FIRST-CLASS FRAUD WAS EXPOSED
III. A Poor Boy Once Borrowed Books Now Gives Away Libraries
IT IS HARDER NOW TO GET A START
MR. CARNEGIE’S FIRST WAGES
HIS FIRST GLIMPSE OF PARADISE
IT IS BEST TO BEGIN AT THE BOTTOM
HE WAS AN EXPERT TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
THE RIGHT MEN IN DEMAND
HOW TO ATTRACT ATTENTION
CARNEGIE AND THE SLEEPING-CAR
THE MARK OF A MILLIONAIRE
A FORTUNATE LAND PURCHASE
THE HOMESTEAD STEEL WORKS
A STRENGTHENING POLICY
MR. CARNEGIE’S PHILANTHROPY
CARNEGIE’S VIEWS ON THRIFT
“THE MISFORTUNE OF BEING RICH MEN’S SONS.”
IV. A Good Shoemaker Becomes Detroit’s Best Mayor and Michigan’s Greatest Governor
HOW HE BECAME MAYOR OF DETROIT
A GREAT CHANGE PROPHESIED
HE WAS NOT A DEMAGOGUE
GOVERNOR PINGREE’S LUXURIOUS HOME
V. Determined not to Remain Poor, a Farmer Boy Becomes a Merchant Prince
HIS PARENTS HELPED HIM
ALWAYS INTERESTED IN COMMERCE
HIS PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS
PERSEVERANCE, MR. FIELD’S ESSENTIAL TRAIT
QUALITIES THAT MAKE FOR SUCCESS
VI. Honesty, the Foundation of a Great Merchant’s Career
A STANCH INHERITANCE
HE WAS ALWAYS PROMPT
STEP BY STEP UPWARD
“WAKING UP” A TOWN
SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMICAL WAYS
CHRISTIAN PHILANTHROPIST
HIS ADVICE TO YOUNG MERCHANTS
CONDITIONS THEN AND NOW
THE VALUE OF “PUSH.”
VII. A British Boy Wins Fortune and Title by American Business Methods
SIR THOMAS WAS WON
WHEN HE BORROWED FIVE CENTS
AMERICAN BUSINESS METHODS GAVE HIM HIS START
HE OWNS NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED STORES
CHANCES FOR YOUNG MEN TO-DAY
“THRIFT IS THE TRUE SECRET OF SUCCESS.”
VIII. A Self-made Man who Strives to Give others a Chance
AN AGE OF OPPORTUNITIES
THE FIRST HUNDRED DOLLARS
TRAITS OF INFLUENTIAL MEN
SOME SECRETS OF SUCCESS
THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER
A WORD ABOUT CHEAP HOTELS
IX. Thrift, the Secret of a Fortune Built in a Single Lifetime
HE BEGAN AS A GROCERY CLERK
NO LUCK IN HIS ACHIEVEMENT
STRICT HONESTY IS NECESSARY
X. Cut Out for a Banker, He Rose from Errand Boy to Secretary of the U. S. Treasury
WHEN YOU START IN LIFE IN A STRANGE CITY, DO NOT EXPECT “SOFT SNAPS.”
THE PUBLIC WOULD RATHER INVEST ITS MONEY IN MEN THAN IN FINE BUILDINGS
XI. A Young Millionaire not Afraid to Work in Overalls
FROM THE FOUNDATION UP
WISE DEVELOPMENT OF INHERITED TENDENCIES
HE WILL MASTER EVERY DETAIL
WORKING AS A MACHINIST
XII. A Messenger Boy’s Zeal Lifts Him to the Head of the World’s Greatest Telegraph System
HE WAS SO POOR HE HAD TO DO HIS OWN COOKING
IT IS WELL TO KNOW WHAT MEN HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
HE TRIED TO DO MORE THAN HE WAS PAID TO DO
THERE ARE AS GOOD CHANCES IN THE WORLD TO-DAY
XIII. Enthusiasm for Railroading Makes a Section Hand Head of the Metropolitan System
HE INHERITED A TASTE FOR HARD WORK
HE LOVED HIS WORK
A NICKNAME THAT BECAME A REAL TITLE
AN IMPORTANT MISSION WELL PERFORMED
HOW HE WAS ELECTED TO THE PRESIDENCY OF HIS COMPANY
HIGH-PRICED MEN ARE IN DEMAND
XIV. A Factory Boy’s Purpose to Improve Labor Makes Him a Great Leader
LOOKS LIKE EDWIN FORREST
HE WORKED IN A FACTORY AT TEN
THE LATER ARISTOCRACY
THE NEED OF ORGANIZED LABOR
HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION
FOR THE EIGHT-HOUR WORKDAY
STRIKES AS A LAST RESORT
XV. A Puny Boy, by Physical Culture, Becomes the Most Vigorous of American Presidents
YOUNG MEN IN POLITICS
OPPORTUNITIES AND TALENTS
THE CITIZENSHIP THAT COUNTS
THE BOYHOOD OF ROOSEVELT
WHERE HE GAINED STRENUOSITY
HE DASHED INTO THE VORTEX OF THE CHASE
HE SHOWED PIONEERS HOW TO WINTER CATTLE
HE CIVILIZED MANY “BAD MEN” BY HIS INFLUENCE
“GAMENESS” WAS NEEDED; ROOSEVELT HAD PLENTY
HIS FRONTIER LIFE WAS AMPLY WORTH THE WHILE
XVI. A Brave Volunteer Fights His Way to the Head of the American Army
SIX YEARS OF INDIAN FIGHTING
HIS RECORD IN THE CIVIL WAR
A LOYAL, DAUNTLESS LEADER
A YOUNG MAN’S CHANCES IN THE ARMY
CHARACTER THE FOUNDATION OF TRUE COURAGE
COURAGE NATURAL TO AMERICANS
XVII. Making the Most of His Opportunities Wins a Coveted Embassy
A YOUNG LAWYER’S CHANCES THEN AND NOW
ARE SPECIAL ADVANTAGES NECESSARY?
WHAT SUCCESS MEANS
THE GOOD LUCK OF BEING PREPARED
TURNING OBSTACLES INTO AIDS
DOES LACK OF OPPORTUNITY JUSTIFY
MR. CHOATE’S ANTECEDENTS
DOES SUCCESS BRING CONTENT AND HAPPINESS
THE DELUSION OF LUXURY AND EASE
MR. CHOATE’S SHARE OF NEW YORK’S LAW BUSINESS
XVIII. A Village Boy’s Gift of Oratory Earns Him Wealth and Fame
HE HAD TO EARN HIS OWN WAY
HE ENTERED YALE AT EIGHTEEN
HIS BEGINNING AS AN ORATOR
A SALARY OF .5,000 A YEAR
OPPORTUNITIES OF TO-DAY
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE KIND OF SUCCESS
XIX. A Chance-Found Book the Turning Point in a United States Senator’s Career
A SCHOOL TEACHER AT EIGHTEEN
THE STRANGE RESULT OF A LECTURE
HIS IDEA OF GENUINE SUCCESS
XX. Varied Business Training the Foundation of a Long Political Career
HIS START AS A BOY
ALWAYS FOND OF READING
A TASTE OF MINING LIFE
THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS
ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN
MR. PLATT’S CHARACTERISTICS
XXI. A Magnate, the Courage of His Convictions Make Him a Reformer
HIS FIRST SPECULATION
AT WORK IN A ROLLING MILL
A FORTUNATE MISFORTUNE
“PROGRESS AND POVERTY” CHANGED HIS WHOLE LIFE
HIS VOLUNTEER GERMAN FRIEND
HIS FIRST SPEECH IN CONGRESS
TOM REED LISTENED
A PEN PICTURE OF TOM JOHNSON
XXII. A Backwoods Boy Works His Way through College and Becomes University President
HE ALWAYS SUPPORTED HIMSELF
THE TURNING POINT OF HIS LIFE
A SPLENDID COLLEGE RECORD
COLLEGE-BRED MEN ARE IN DEMAND
XXIII. A “Jack of All Trades” Masters One and Becomes the Poet of the People
THROWN ON HIS OWN RESOURCES
WHY HE LONGED TO BE A BAKER
THE SUPERSTRUCTURE DEPENDS ON THE FOUNDATION
A LITERARY LIFE MEANS WORK
A COLLEGE EDUCATION IS AN ADVANTAGE
XXIV. A Farm Boy Who Devoured Books Writes One of the Greatest Poems of the Century
THE MAN WITH THE HOE
ONE OF THE GREAT POEMS OF THE CENTURY
HIS MOTHER WAS BOTH PRACTICAL AND POETIC
HE GAINED VALUABLE DISCIPLINE ON A FARM
BYRON’S POEMS INSPIRED HIM
ANSWERING HIS CRITICS
SEED SOWN LONG AGO
XXV. A Famous Authoress Tells Literary Aspirants the Story of Her Struggle for Recognition
HOW HER BEST POEMS WERE WRITTEN
THE CREED
SHE IS A PRONOUNCED OPTIMIST
DO NOT FEAR CRITICISM
MERIT IS NOT ALWAYS DISCOVERED QUICKLY
EDITORS ARE ANXIOUS FOR GOOD ARTICLES
PERSEVERANCE COUNTS IN AUTHORSHIP
WILL-POWER
XXVI. A Printer’s Boy, Self Taught, Becomes the Dean of American Letters
EARLY IDEALS
ACQUIRING A LITERARY STYLE
HIS POEMS ALWAYS WERE REJECTED
HIS FIRST EDITORIAL POSITION
AN EXPERIENCE IN COLLABORATION
THE REWARDS OF LITERATURE
WHAT TRUE HAPPINESS IS
XXVII. A Famous Novelist Atones for Wasted School Days by Self-Culture
HE WAS A CARELESS STUDENT
HE LOVED TO READ
A FATHER’S FRUITFUL WARNING
HIS FIRST LITERARY EFFORT
THE ORIGIN OF “BEN HUR.”
CONVERTED WHILE WRITING HIS OWN BOOK
XXVIII. A Social Leader, Having “Eyes That See,” Earns Literary Laurels
HER FIRST NOVEL
BOOKS SHE ENJOYED
HER CHARACTERS ARE FROM LIFE
IN LOVE WITH HER WORK
SHE IS A GENTLE, FORCEFUL WOMAN
XXIX. Painstaking, the Secret of a Celebrated Painter’s Success
A MOST INTERESTING STUDIO
HE WAS NOT A PRECOCIOUS BOY
HIS WORK WAS ENCOURAGED
HE ALWAYS TAKES PAINS
PERSISTENCE AND HARD WORK COUNT
XXX. A School Girl, Not Afraid of Drudgery, Becomes America’s Foremost Woman Illustrator
ART IGNORES NOISE
GIRLS’ CHANCES AS ILLUSTRATORS
HOW SHE BEGAN
XXXI. A Schoolboy’s Sketches Reveal the Bent of a Talented Illustrator
REMINGTON’S SCHOOLBOY EFFECTS
REMINGTON’S ATTENTION TO DETAIL
HOW HIS WAR PICTURES ARE MADE
COLOR OF THE PLAINS
HIS FIRST SKETCH
XXXII. Rebuffs and Disappointments Fail to Repress a Great Cartoonist’s Genius
DAVENPORT’S UNIQUE STUDIO
HE DREW CARTOONS IN SCHOOL
HIS FIRST DISAPPOINTMENT
AT TEN DOLLARS A WEEK
HE WAS DISCHARGED IN CHICAGO
IN CLOVER AT LAST
XXXIII. Being Himself in Style and Subjects, the Secret of an Artist’s Wonderful Popularity
A NATURAL ARTIST WILL NEVER REQUIRE AN INSTRUCTOR
IF YOU DO NOT SEE YOUR MISTAKES, NO ONE ELSE CAN
THE VALUE OF ARTISTIC INDIVIDUALITY
WHILE STUDYING ART, ONE SHOULD WORK INCESSANTLY
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XXXIV. A “Printer’s Devil” Whose Perseverance Wins Him Well-Earned Reputation as a Fun-Maker
STUDIES OUT HIS IDEAS
A PRINTER’S DEVIL
GOOD USE OF LEISURE TIME
HIS CONNECTION WITH “PUCK.”
THE “SUBURBAN RESIDENT.”
XXXV “A Square Man in a Round Hole” Rejects $5,000 a Year and Becomes a Sculptor
MADE HIS FIRST SKETCH AT TWENTY-FIVE
HE GAVE UP A LARGE SALARY TO PURSUE ART
THE INSPIRATION THAT COUNTS
XXXVI. During Leisure Hours He “Found Himself” and Abandoned the Law for Art
A PET DOG HIS FIRST PAINTING
A UNIQUE EXPERIMENT WITH A HORSE
XXXVII. Deformed in Body, His Cheerful Spirit Makes Him the Entertainer of Princes
NATURE’S LAW OF COMPENSATION
HOW HE TOOK JOSEPH JEFFERSON’S LIFE
XXXVIII. Energy and Earnestness Win an Actor Fame
HOW TO FIND SUCCESS
HE BEGAN AS A DRY GOODS CLERK
HE GIVES INFINITE ATTENTION TO DETAIL
XXXIX. A Father’s Common Sense Gives America a Great Bandmaster
IN THE MARINE BAND
HIS FIRST SUCCESSFUL WORK
A MAN WHO NEVER RESTS
HOW SOUSA WORKS
XL. Blind, Deaf, and Dumb, Patient Effort Wins for Her Culture and Rare Womanhood
HELEN KELLER AT HOME
HER AMBITION
HEREDITY AND CHILDHOOD
HELEN’S FIRST TEACHER
PREPARING FOR COLLEGE
HER IDEAL OF A SUCCESSFUL CAREER
XLI. Jay Gould’s Chum Chooses “High Thinking, not Money Making,” and Wins Success Without Riches
DIFFERENT WAYS OF BEING SUCCESSFUL
A WORTHY AIM IN LIFE
JAY GOULD WAS HIS CHUM
HE BEGAN WRITING AT SIXTEEN
WHAT NATURE STUDY REALLY MEANS
WHY HE IS RICH WITHOUT MONEY
XLII. A Millionaire’s Daughter Makes Inherited Wealth a Blessing to Thousands
A FACE FULL OF CHARACTER
HER AMBITIONS AND AIMS
A MOST CHARMING CHARITY
UNHERALDED BENEFACTIONS
HER MEANS OF EDUCATION
THE EVIL OF IDLENESS
XLIII. A Self-made Merchant Solves the Problem of Practical Philanthropy
PRACTICAL BENEFICENCE NOT MERE CHARITY
HE DOES NOT WOUND THEIR SELF-RESPECT
HE IS A KEEN, ENERGETIC MANAGER
ONWARD, EVER; UPWARD, ALWAYS
XLIV. A Varied Career Develops the Resourceful Head of a Great Institutional Church and College
HE ENLISTED AT EIGHTEEN
HOUSEKEEPING IN TWO SMALL ROOMS
HOW HE ENTERED THE MINISTRY
HE IS ALWAYS STUDYING SOMETHING
XLV. An Inspiring Personality Wins a Noted Preacher Fame
CAN A PREACHER BE A POWER?
MEN WHO INFLUENCED HIM
HE DID NOT PRETEND TO PIETY
ARE THE DICE OF LIFE LOADED?
A MINISTER’S TRUE IDEAL
HIS WORK IN CHICAGO
HOW TO MEET GREAT EMERGENCIES
XLVI. From the Forge to the Pulpit, a Life of Devotion and Application
THE LIGHT THAT LED OVER THE SEA
GENIUS IS DEVOTION AND APPLICATION
XLVII. Canada’s Leading Conservative Extols “the Country of the Twentieth Century.”
XLVIII. An Eminent Scholar Advocates the Union of Canada and the United States
XLIX. After Failure as a Grocer, He Becomes the Ablest Administrator Quebec Has Ever Had
L. Canada’s Leading Economist Tells Her Sons To Seek Fortune in Her Own Domain
LI. A Distinguished Educator has Found Contentment in the Simple Life
LII. Beginning as Telegraph Operator He Built the Canadian Pacific
LIII. An Immigrant Boy Becomes a National Figure in Reform
LOVED BY HIS EMPLOYEES
BORN IN A HUMBLE HOME
THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES
GOOD WILL AND FELLOWSHIP IN BUSINESS
TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO HELP EACH OTHER
YOUNG MEN IN POLITICS
EVILS OF CONCENTRATION
A WRONG CONCEPTION OF SUCCESS
SLAVES OF WEALTH
LIV. A “Forty-niner” who Seized Opportunities Others Failed to See
A BOY’S CHANCE TO-DAY
INHERITED QUALITIES
LEAVING THE FARM
A MINING VENTURE
HE ENTERS THE GRAIN MARKET
QUALITIES THAT BRING SUCCESS
THE GENESIS OF A GREAT BENEVOLENCE
A BUSINESS KING
FOREARMED AGAINST PANIC
SOME SECRETS OF SUCCESS
LV. The Blind Yacht Designer Attributes His Conquests to His Mother’s Early Cares
LET THE WORK SHOW
A MOTHER’S MIGHTY INFLUENCE
PREPARE TO THE UTMOST: THEN DO YOUR BEST
THE MAN IS THE IMPORTANT FACTOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF ABILITY
HE WOULD NOT BE DISCOURAGED
LVI. A Great Vocalist Shows that Only Years of Labor Can Win the Heights of Song
THERE MUST BE NO PLAY, ONLY STUDY AND PRACTICE
“I WAS TRAVELING ON AIR.”
HER FIRST EUROPEAN TOUR
“WHY DON’T YOU SING IN GRAND OPERA?”
THIS WAS HER CROWNING TRIUMPH
THE KINDNESS OF FRAU WAGNER
THE MUSICAL TALENT OF AMERICAN GIRLS
BOOK TWO. MEN AND WOMEN. WHO HAVE ACHIEVED EMINENCE
Success Maxims
BOOK THREE. ENCYCLOPEDIC BIOGRAPHIES, OR THE ROMANCE OF REALITY
Success Maxims
STATESMEN
William Boyd Allison
Grover Cleveland
William Pierce Frye
John Hay
George Frisbie Hoar
Henry Cabot Lodge
Richard Olney
Elihu Root
INDUSTRIAL LEADERS
E. G. Acheson
Charles Henry Cramp
Charles Ranlett Flint
Charles Melville Hays
John B. Herreshoff
Lewis Nixon
John H. Patterson
MANUFACTURERS
Hugh Chisholm
Theodore Lowe De Vinne
William Louis Douglas
Charles Eastman
Albert August Pope
C. W. Post
John Wilson Wheeler
TRANSPORTATION LEADERS
George F. Baer
August Belmont
Alexander Johnston Cassatt
George Henry Daniels
George Jay Gould
Clement Acton Griscom
James J. Hill
Melville Ezra Ingalls
INVENTORS
Alexander Graham Bell
Charles Francis Brush
Santos Dumont
Peter Cooper Hewitt
John P. Holland
William Marconi
George Westinghouse
MERCHANTS
Edward Cooper
Robert Curtis Ogden
Henry Siegel
Frank W. Woolworth
FINANCIERS
William Waldorf Astor
Henry Clews
Mrs. Hetty Green
John Pierpont Morgan
John Davison Rockefeller
Charles Tyson Yerkes
POLITICAL LEADERS
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich
William Jennings Bryan
Arthur Pue Gorman
Marcus Alonzo Hanna
Carter Henry Harrison, Jr
Joseph Wingate Folk
LAWYERS AND JURISTS
Frank Swett Black
Frederick René Coudert
James Brooks Dill
Melville Weston Fuller
John William Griggs
Oliver Wendell Holmes
William Travers Jerome
Joseph McKenna
Alton Brooks Parker
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
Adna Romanza Chaffee
George Dewey
Robley Dunglison Evans
Fred Funston
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Winfield Scott Schley
William Rufus Shafter
Joseph Wheeler
EXPLORERS
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin
Frederick Albert Cook
Sven Anders Hedin
E. Burton Holmes
A. H. Savage Landor
Fridtjof Nansen
Robert Edwin Peary
Henry Morton Stanley
Walter Wellman
EDUCATORS
Elisha Benjamin Andrews
Nicholas Murray Butler
Charles William Eliot
William Herbert Perry Faunce
Arthur Twining Hadley
William Torrey Harris
Henry Mitchell McCracken
Woodrow Wilson
EDITORS
Henry Mills Alden
Edward William Bok
James Monroe Buckley
Richard Watson Gilder
George Burton McClellan Harvey
George Howard Lorimer
Whitelaw Reid
Albert Shaw
Henry Watterson
PUBLISHERS
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Isaac Kauffman Funk
William Randolph Hearst
Edward Everett Higgins
Louis Klopsch
Samuel Sidney McClure
Frank Andrew Munsey
Joseph Pulitzer
John Brisben Walker
ORATORS
Albert J. Beveridge
Champ Clark
William Bourke Cockran
John Warwick Daniels
Carl Schurz
MUSICIANS
Walter Johannes Damrosch
Henry Lewis Reginald De Koven
Maurice Grau
Victor Herbert
Leonora Jackson
Franz Kneisel
Maud Powell
Theodore Thomas
SINGERS
David Scull Bispham
Emma Calvé
Zelie de Lussan
Edouard de Reszke
Jean de Reszke
Emma Eames
Lillian Nordica
Adelina Patti
Marcella Stengel Sembrich
ACTORS
William H. Crane
John Drew
William Hooker Gillette
Nathaniel C. Goodwin
James Keteltas Hackett
Sir Henry Brodribb Irving
Joseph Jefferson
Edward H. Sothern
ACTRESSES
Maude Adams
Viola Allen
Ethel Barrymore
Mrs. Leslie Carter
Eleanora Duse
May Irwin
Virginia Harned
Mrs. Lillie Langtry
Julia Marlowe
ORGANIZERS AND LECTURERS
Cynthia May Westover Alden
Clara Barton
Francis Edward Clark
Mary Lowe Dickinson
Thomas Dixon, Jr
Herbert Hungerford
John Mitchell
Ernest Thompson-Seton
CANADIANS
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Lord Strathcona
ILLUSTRATORS
William de Leftwich Dodge
Charles Mente
Thure de Thulstrup
CARTOONISTS
T. S. Allen
Charles G. Bush
Louis Dalrymple
Sydney B. Griffin
R. F. Outcault
Carl E. Schultze
Eugene Zimmerman
HUMORISTS
George Ade
John Kendrick Bangs
Samuel Langhorn Clemens
Finley Peter Dunne
Simeon Ford
Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer
George V. Hobart
Melvin De Lancy Landon
JOURNALISTS AND WRITERS
Stephen Bonsal
Richard Harding Davis
Hamlin Garland
David G. Phillips
Charles George Douglas Roberts
William Thomas Stead
Vance Thompson
Stewart Edward White
Owen Wister
POETS
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Bliss Carman
Richard Le Gallienne
Robert Mackay
Cincinnatus Heine Miller
Henry Van Dyke
CANADIANS
Dr. William Osler
Sir George A. Drummond
AUTHORS
James Lane Allen
George Washington Cable
Winston Churchill
Francis Marion Crawford
Rudyard Kipling
Thomas Nelson Page
Charles Major
NOVELISTS
Gertrude Franklin Atherton
Amelia Edith Barr
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Pearl Mary Theresa Craigie
Mary Eleanor Wilkins-Freeman
Anna Katherine Greene
Sarah Orne Jewett
Constance Cary Harrison
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
REFORMERS
George Thorndike Angell
Susan Brownell Anthony
Frederick St. George de Lautour Booth-Tucker
Anthony Comstock
Wilbur Fiske Crafts
Elbridge Thomas Gerry
William Reuben George
Charles Henry Parkhurst
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
PHILANTHROPISTS
Mrs. Phoebe Appersin Hearst
Daniel Kimball Pearsons
Mrs. Henry Codman Potter
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
Mrs. Russell Sage
Mrs. Leland Stanford
Anson Phelps Stokes, Sr
DIVINES
Lyman Abbott
Theodore Ledyard Cuyler
Edward Everett Hale
Benjamin Fay Mills
Henry Codman Potter
William Taylor
John Heyl Vincent
CANADIANS
William Peterson
George A. Cox
Timothy Eaton
Sir Thomas G. Shaughnessy
William S. Fielding
Charles Fitzpatrick
George William Ross
Lord Mount Stephen
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SIX YEARS OF INDIAN FIGHTING.
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