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ОглавлениеBOOK ONE INSPIRATIONAL TALKS WITH FAMOUS AMERICANS.
I Hard Work: the Secret of a Great Inventor’s Genius.
A NOVEL METHOD OF TELEGRAPHING.
POVERTY AS AN INCENTIVE TO EFFORT.
NEVER DID ANYTHING WORTH WHILE BY CHANCE.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE INVENTORS.
MRS. EDISON IS ALSO AN INVENTOR OF GOOD ABILITY.
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.
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.
HIS FIRST GLIMPSE OF PARADISE.
IT IS BEST TO BEGIN AT THE BOTTOM.
HE WAS AN EXPERT TELEGRAPH OPERATOR.
CARNEGIE AND THE SLEEPING-CAR.
“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.
GOVERNOR PINGREE’S LUXURIOUS HOME.
V Determined not to Remain Poor, a Farmer Boy Becomes a Merchant Prince
ALWAYS INTERESTED IN COMMERCE.
PERSEVERANCE, MR. FIELD’S ESSENTIAL TRAIT.
QUALITIES THAT MAKE FOR SUCCESS.
VI Honesty, the Foundation of a Great Merchant’s Career
HIS ADVICE TO YOUNG MERCHANTS.
VII A British Boy Wins Fortune and Title by American Business Methods.
AMERICAN BUSINESS METHODS GAVE HIM HIS START.
HE OWNS NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED STORES.
“THRIFT IS THE TRUE SECRET OF SUCCESS.”
VIII A Self-made Man who Strives to Give others a Chance
IX Thrift, the Secret of a Fortune Built in a Single Lifetime.
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.
WISE DEVELOPMENT OF INHERITED TENDENCIES.
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.
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.
HE WORKED IN A FACTORY AT TEN.
HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION.
XV A Puny Boy, by Physical Culture, Becomes the Most Vigorous of American Presidents.
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.
A YOUNG MAN’S CHANCES IN THE ARMY.
CHARACTER THE FOUNDATION OF TRUE COURAGE.
XVII Making the Most of His Opportunities Wins a Coveted Embassy.
A YOUNG LAWYER’S CHANCES THEN AND NOW.
ARE SPECIAL ADVANTAGES NECESSARY?
THE GOOD LUCK OF BEING PREPARED.
DOES LACK OF OPPORTUNITY JUSTIFY.
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.
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE KIND OF SUCCESS.
XIX A Chance-Found Book the Turning Point in a United States Senator’s Career.
THE STRANGE RESULT OF A LECTURE.
XX Varied Business Training the Foundation of a Long Political Career.
XXI A Magnate, the Courage of His Convictions Make Him a Reformer.
“PROGRESS AND POVERTY” CHANGED HIS WHOLE LIFE.
XXII A Backwoods Boy Works His Way through College and Becomes University President.
THE TURNING POINT OF HIS LIFE.
COLLEGE-BRED MEN ARE IN DEMAND
XXIII A “Jack of All Trades” Masters One and Becomes the Poet of the People.
THE SUPERSTRUCTURE DEPENDS ON THE FOUNDATION.
A COLLEGE EDUCATION IS AN ADVANTAGE.
XXIV A Farm Boy Who Devoured Books Writes One of the Greatest Poems of the Century.
ONE OF THE GREAT POEMS OF THE CENTURY.
HIS MOTHER WAS BOTH PRACTICAL AND POETIC.
HE GAINED VALUABLE DISCIPLINE ON A FARM.
XXV A Famous Authoress Tells Literary Aspirants the Story of Her Struggle for Recognition.
HOW HER BEST POEMS WERE WRITTEN.
MERIT IS NOT ALWAYS DISCOVERED QUICKLY.
EDITORS ARE ANXIOUS FOR GOOD ARTICLES.
PERSEVERANCE COUNTS IN AUTHORSHIP.
XXVI A Printer’s Boy, Self Taught, Becomes the Dean of American Letters.
HIS POEMS ALWAYS WERE REJECTED.
AN EXPERIENCE IN COLLABORATION.
XXVII A Famous Novelist Atones for Wasted School Days by Self-Culture.
CONVERTED WHILE WRITING HIS OWN BOOK.
XXVIII A Social Leader, Having “Eyes That See,” Earns Literary Laurels.
SHE IS A GENTLE, FORCEFUL WOMAN.
XXIX Painstaking, the Secret of a Celebrated Painter’s Success.
PERSISTENCE AND HARD WORK COUNT.
XXX A School Girl, Not Afraid of Drudgery, Becomes America’s Foremost Woman Illustrator.
GIRLS’ CHANCES AS ILLUSTRATORS.
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.
XXXII Rebuffs and Disappointments Fail to Repress a Great Cartoonist’s Genius.
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.
