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Little Visits with Great Americans, Vol. I (of 2) Or Success, Ideals and How to Attain Them
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- LITTLE VISITS WITH GREAT AMERICANS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- 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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