Rising in the World, Or Architects of FateNothing is so fascinating to a youth with high purpose, life, and energy throbbing in his young blood as stories of men and women who have brought great things to pass. Those these themes are as old as the human race, yet they are ever new, and more interesting to the young than any fiction." -from the Author's PrefaceAn exceptional bestseller when it was first published in 1895 and greatly anticipated by the general public following the author's success with his runaway hit, Pushing to the Front, Vols. 1 & 2, this is a classic of personal motivation that remains startlingly relevant today. For those who aim through concrete example to live the "higher life," this captivating volume includes: Dare! The Will and The Way Success Under Difficulties Uses of Obstacles One Unwavering Aim Clear Grit Wealth in Economy Opportunities Where You Are Vocations, Good and Bad Power of the Mind over the Body The Curse of Idleness and much more.ALSO AVAILABLE FROM COSIMO CLASSICS: Marden's Cheerfulness as a Life Power, Pushing to the Front Vols. 1 & 2. |
Contents
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SUCCESS UNDER DIFFICULTIES | 60 |
USES OF OBSTACLES | 86 |
ONE UNWAVERING AIM | 107 |
SOWING AND REAPING | 125 |
What is put into the first of life is put into the whole of life | 141 |
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE YOU ARE | 256 |
THE MIGHT OF LITTLE THINGS | 268 |
SELFMASTERY | 288 |
NATURES LITTLE BILL | 306 |
VOCATIONS GOOD ANd Bad | 327 |
THE MAN WITH AN IDEA | 343 |
DECISION | 358 |
POWER OF THE MIND OVER THE BODY | 370 |
SELFHELP | 145 |
WORK AND WAIT | 167 |
CLEAR GRIT | 186 |
THE GRANDEST THING IN THE WORLD | 202 |
WEALTH IN ECONOMY | 227 |
Hunger rags cold hard work contempt suspicion unjust | 238 |
THE CHARITIES | 390 |
THE CURSE OF IDLENESS | 410 |
OUR SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS | 421 |
BOOKS | 430 |
EVERY MAN HIS OWN PARADISE | 448 |
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Page 4 - ... whose mind is stored with a knowledge of the great and fundamental truths of Nature and of the laws of her operations; one who, no stunted ascetic, is full of life and fire, but whose passions are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all beauty, whether of Nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself.
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