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Orison Swett Marden
Pushing to the Front
BY
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
"The world makes way for the determined man."
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
Orison Swett Marden . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece
House in which Abraham Lincoln was born
Ulysses S. Grant
William Ewart Gladstone
John Wanamaker
Jane Addams
Thomas Alva Edison
Henry Ward Beecher
Lincoln studying by the firelight
Marshall Field
Joseph Jefferson [Transcriber's note: Jefferson was a prominent actor during the latter half of the 1800's.]
Theodore Roosevelt
Helen Keller
William McKinley
Julia Ward Howe
Mark Twain
PUSHING TO THE FRONT
CHAPTER I
THE MAN AND THE OPPORTUNITY
CHAPTER II
WANTED—A MAN
CHAPTER III
BOYS WITH NO CHANCE
CHAPTER IV
THE COUNTRY BOY
House in which Abraham Lincoln was born
CHAPTER V
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE YOU ARE
CHAPTER VI
POSSIBILITIES IN SPARE MOMENTS
CHAPTER VII
HOW POOR BOYS AND GIRLS GO TO COLLEGE
CHAPTER VIII
YOUR OPPORTUNITY CONFRONTS YOU—WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH IT?
CHAPTER IX
ROUND BOYS IN SQUARE HOLES
Ulysses S. Grant
CHAPTER X
WHAT CAREER?
CHAPTER XI
CHOOSING A VOCATION
William Ewart Gladstone
CHAPTER XII
CONCENTRATED ENERGY
CHAPTER XIII
THE TRIUMPHS OF ENTHUSIASM.
CHAPTER XIV.
"ON TIME," OR THE TRIUMPH OF PROMPTNESS
CHAPTER XV
WHAT A GOOD APPEARANCE WILL DO
John Wanamaker
CHAPTER XVI
PERSONALITY AS A SUCCESS ASSET
CHAPTER XVII
IF YOU CAN TALK WELL
CHAPTER XVIII
A FORTUNE IN GOOD MANNERS
Jane Addams
CHAPTER XIX
SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS AND TIMIDITY FOES TO SUCCESS
CHAPTER XX
TACT OR COMMON SENSE
CHAPTER XXI
ENAMORED OF ACCURACY
CHAPTER XXII
DO IT TO A FINISH
CHAPTER XXIII
THE REWARD OF PERSISTENCE
Thomas Alva Edison
CHAPTER XXIV
NERVE—GRIP, PLUCK
CHAPTER XXV
CLEAR GRIT
CHAPTER XXVI
SUCCESS UNDER DIFFICULTIES
CHAPTER XXVII
USES OF OBSTACLES
CHAPTER XXVIII
DECISION
CHAPTER XXIX
OBSERVATION AS A SUCCESS FACTOR
Henry Ward Beecher
CHAPTER XXX
SELF-HELP
CHAPTER XXXI
THE SELF-IMPROVEMENT HABIT
CHAPTER XXXII
RAISING OF VALUES
Lincoln studying by the firelight
CHAPTER XXXIII
SELF-IMPROVEMENT THROUGH PUBLIC SPEAKING
CHAPTER XXXIV
THE TRIUMPHS OF THE COMMON VIRTUES
CHAPTER XXXV
GETTING AROUSED
Marshall Field
CHAPTER XXXVI
THE MAN WITH AN IDEA
CHAPTER XXXVII
DARE
CHAPTER XXXVIII
THE WILL AND THE WAY
CHAPTER XXXIX
ONE UNWAVERING AIM
Joseph Jefferson
CHAPTER XL
WORK AND WAIT
CHAPTER XLI
THE MIGHT OF LITTLE THINGS
CHAPTER XLII
THE SALARY YOU DO NOT FIND IN YOUR PAY ENVELOPE
CHAPTER XLIII
EXPECT GREAT THINGS OF YOURSELF
CHAPTER XLIV
THE NEXT TIME YOU THINK YOU ARE A FAILURE
CHAPTER XLV
STAND FOR SOMETHING
Theodore Roosevelt
CHAPTER XLVI
NATURE'S LITTLE BILL
NOTES FROM THE ANGELS' AUTOPSIES.
CHAPTER XLVII
HABIT—THE SERVANT,—THE MASTER
CHAPTER XLVIII
THE CIGARETTE
CHAPTER XLIX
THE POWER OF PURITY
Helen Keller
CHAPTER L
THE HABIT OF HAPPINESS
CHAPTER LI
PUT BEAUTY INTO YOUR LIFE
CHAPTER LII
EDUCATION BY ABSORPTION
CHAPTER LIII
THE POWER OF SUGGESTION
CHAPTER LIV
THE CURSE OF WORRY
CHAPTER LV
TAKE A PLEASANT THOUGHT TO BED WITH YOU
CHAPTER LVI
THE CONQUEST OF POVERTY
William McKinley
CHAPTER LVII
A NEW WAY OF BRINGING UP CHILDREN
CHAPTER LVIII
THE HOME AS A SCHOOL OF GOOD MANNERS
CHAPTER LIX
MOTHER
CHAPTER LX
WHY SO MANY MARRIED WOMEN DETERIORATE
CHAPTER LXI
THRIFT
CHAPTER LXII
A COLLEGE EDUCATION AT HOME
Julia Ward Howe
CHAPTER LXIII
DISCRIMINATION IN READING
CHAPTER LXIV
READING A SPUR TO AMBITION
CHAPTER LXV
WHY SOME SUCCEED AND OTHERS FAIL
CHAPTER LXVI
RICH WITHOUT MONEY
Mark Twain
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